Why do I like EndeavourOS?

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Ok, I think this is going to be a weird post and probably long. So, if you don’t like weird posts – or long posts – just skip this and move on. :smile:

I’d like to hear from others why they have settled on EndeavorOS for their daily driver. I am evaluating EndeavorOS and am finding I really like it but I am not sure why. (Yeah, like I said; weird.) It just feels like a fit and I’m curious if anyone else has had this or a similar experience.

I came to this after trying CachyOS for a while and deciding it wasn’t quite a fit for me (yeah, really objective assessment, there) and before that, looking at several other distros – Debian-based distros, Fedora editions/distros, Arch-based distros, even FreeBSD and OpenBSD – none of which really grabbed me.

But I’m finding I really like EndeavorOS and I want it to become my daily driver. Why? I’m not sure. I can’t really point to any objective thing. It just feels right for me (yep, another objective assessment). The best I can describe it is the feeling is like that which I had when I went to Windows 7 or to Windows 10: They just felt finished and complete compared to the previous Windows renditions. It is that kind of feeling I have with EndeavorOS; it feels complete and finished, I guess?

I began all this after having moved off of Windows to LinuxMint on all of my systems in mid 2019. LinuxMint just worked for me; I’ve never had any significant issue and all the minor ones were resolved with my own research or help from others. LinuxMint is my daily driver; its running my Plex server, my DAW, my Chromebook, and my wife’s laptop.

So, if LinuxMint is working for me, why am I shopping for a different distro? I guess it’s mainly a desire to be on a – well, “newer” OS? :person_shrugging: That doesn’t really make sense as I write it but it’s kind of true. I think it began with some recent UI changes in Cinnamon that came with LinuxMint 22.1. And, having been a systems/software/database engineer for 35+ years (now retired), I’ve never been afraid of trying out new tech. So, I began researching…

In any case, I recently found EndeavorOS, have installed it (I’m running a multi-boot system with LinuxMint and Windows, and now EndeavorOS), and have moved to using it most of the time*.
The one objective thing I can cite about EndeavorOS: It is snappier than LinuxMint 22.1 Cinnamon; EndeavorOS brings up the desktop faster and shuts down faster, and it just feels crisper.

Now, if you got this far, thanks for reading. I’d really like to know how long you’ve been running EndeavorOS and why you’ve stuck with it.

*Why is Windows still in the mix? Because: 1) I still have some C#/.NET development in that environment, and 2) I still use it for gaming. It just hasn’t made sense to deal with Proton/Wine when I have Windows and can just disable the updates so MS doesn’t annoy me. (And, for the security-concerned, I don’t use Windows for anything else so my exposure is limited.)

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Running EndeavourOS since January 2024. Therefore i used Windows for gaming, too. But i’m not playing many games. And steam works perfectly for me on linux.

Stuck with EndeavourOS because everything works :slight_smile: And if you have problems you have this great Community who will always help.

Couldn’t be more happier with it :slight_smile:

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Next Saturday it’ll be for me a whole year with EndeavourOS and three years with GNU/Linux in general.

What I like the most about Endeavour, it is that it lifts up the burden of installing Arch and configuring it afterwards while retaining freedom of making your installation exactly yours.
And there’s friendly community who’s willing to help when you find yourself in trouble.

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I have run EndeavourOS for close to 3 years now and I have tried a lot of Distros over the years.

Nothing comes close to EndeavourOS! :enos_flag: :enos:

And the community is great and helpful if one run in to any issue!.

EndeavourOS is lightweight and stable!

Only had to reinstall one time because of an issue that I probably could fix but i taught F it let’s “reset” and start over.

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I’ve used many distros through the years. The ones I stayed with the longest, by far, were Debian and Arch (Arch-based). All the main ones pictured above have a “home” feel to some extent. But that true “I’ve found my home” distro started with Antergos. When it shut down, I searched and hopped and never really had that feeling again… until EndeavourOS rose from the ashes of Antergos. So, while there may be many reasons why I “like” EndeavourOS, there’s only one reason I LOVE it… It feels like HOME.

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Pretty much this.

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I am a gamer, and while my earliest linux experiments (hoho) are from the end of the last millennium, about 3 years ago linux gaming was as far as I needed it to be to make the switch. I am very familiar with linux on servers, so the things new to me were mostly graphical stuff, desktop environments and the like. Configuring a PostgreSQL High Availability cluster is nothing against the KDE key shortcut list which goes on for ages.

As I was switching from a Windows with an NVidia card I learned under Manjaro that bleeding edge software and drivers are important if you want good gaming performance as there is much movement in that at the moment. And after Manjaro made an oopsie again and again, and doing a small stop on Garuda I went to a friendly Arch alternative. I see currently no reason to change that.

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I fully transferred over to pop os because it was made by a company who shipped linux on their own laptops/desktops back in 2021. So i thought this must be the best linux version out there. I used it since 2021 and yes during that time i also wanted to install endeavour os…sadly i never did this because i loved pop to much. Since 2-3 months i did switch over, immediately it felt like home (can’t describe it how i felt). Yes it is a bit different compared to a ubuntu based distro BUT in the end it’s much easier.

First let’s talk about kernel, eos is always up to date while ubuntu based distro’s are always way behind. Some important features from the kernel you will miss unless they add it or you have to wait for a newer lts release/fine a ppa to get the latest.

Nvidia drivers, most distro’s it take months to add the newer nvidia driver in their repo. While i am a gamer, this is a nogo for me. I had to rely on a ppa from ubuntu to get the latest drivers. Sometimes it took them 4-5 weeks to release the latest so i had to install it from the .run file and disable nouveau.

In the end if i look back at a ubuntu based distro or arch based, most say arch is hard. But i disagree with that. Everything is in 1 place while in Ubuntu based distros you have to rely on ppa’s, are they even save in the end ? Some are very wel known but some are just new.

I wont even look back at pop os, endeavour all the way. If my system breaks and i hope it will happen someday i can start learning/asking for help to fix it without the need to reinstall.

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let’s “reset” and start over.

I have to admit that I’ve done that before, too. There is an entertaining and gratifying aspect to building a system! :grinning_face:

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It feels like HOME.

Yes, that’s kind of the feeling I’ve been having. But, I’m a very practical guy that deals with facts (aren’t most engineers?). I’ve made system decisions based upon features and functionality, and to now have this “feels like home” feeling about this distro – well, it’s kind of weird; thus, the reason for my post. :grin:

BTW: Love the graphic… I can say that I have ran live images of a lot of distros, I think like 20+ over the last three years. I’ve installed and given a serious look at about 10 of these. But none have given me that sense of being “home” like that I have felt with EndeavorOS. I hadn’t heard of Antergos; interesting…

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Tried Ubuntu first then the K variety, a bit of Peppermint too. Really liked OpenSuse TW, but wanted to try Arch. Seemed too hard so installed Manjaro and used for years until I got sick and tired of holding back updates and other drama. So here I am with EOS! :heart_eyes:

My Windows 10 running Dell XPS 8700 that I upgraded to an SSD, 16gb RAM and an NVIDIA GTX1060 6GB many years ago is most likely going to get GNOME EOS installed on it since M$ has made it clear they don’t want me as a customer anymore. I always wanted to run a different DE since I have EOS KDE on my old Dell laptop already

I have a very underpowered HP laptop that my parents bought me (thanks Mom?) with Win 11 on it that my wife uses, that we’ll keep around to run TurboTax, which is also horrible but that’s a story for another day :slightly_smiling_face:

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why do I like?

ease of use. care was taken to make this lovely and easy on eyes. works really well and snappy–I’m productive here. smaller footprint than it gets credit for. when stuff breaks a package is remedied within hours. and how could I not mention this forum.

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Good morning. I find that EOS is a cross-over Linux experience. It is not as labour intensive as arch Linux, but not as bloated as some of the other more popular Linux distros. Who uses half of what is preinstalled on a cell phone or a Windows/Mac PC?

EOS provides, IMHO, the best of both worlds regarding GUI or Terminal usage, and because of this EOS is a good learning OS as well. Sometimes a GUI is available, sometimes you have to use a Terminal.

Installed several Linux OS such as Mint, ubuntu, kubuntu, Zorin, Fedora, arch, EOS to determine what I liked. It came down to the DE, if I could use some third party apps, and what tickled my fancy (very scientific).

The Plasma KDE DE looks good, and the OS works well, everything else is “gravy” so to speak.

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If you want to read: my journey so far

So why do I like EndeavourOS and came to stay? Cause it just works.
As a gamer it is advantageous to have an up-to-date system. With a NVIDIA GPU also. And last but not least I learned, that this is a helpful and friendly community.

And thanks to this guide and some others I set me up some shortcuts for console to maintain my system. It is now a simple task a day (or multiple times a day) and I am done. :blush:

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…since M$ has made it clear they don’t want me as a customer anymore.

There’s a lot of us…

I have a very underpowered HP laptop that my parents bought me (thanks Mom?) with Win 11 on it that my wife uses, that we’ll keep around to run TurboTax, which is also horrible but that’s a story for another day.

I’m currently running a Win10 VM (VirtualBox, still on my LinuxMint instance for the moment) that let’s me run a couple of apps that I need. One of those is H&R Block tax software. This might be an option for you. On a side note, I left Turbo Tax years ago when they started installing a rootkit as part of the app. I have WUP installed there to prevent M$ from mucking with it and I don’t use that instance for anything else so exposure is low.

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@drunkenvicar

…how could I not mention this forum.

Honestly, that is something that has been part of the deal for me. I haven’t been here very long but I’ve been very impressed with the friendliness of this community. I have not seen that as much elsewhere and I’ve not received one flame response – even on this post. :wink:

@Eulenspiegel

this is a helpful and friendly community.

Most definitely. I read your journey and I can definitely relate. And thanks for sharing the link to the guide.

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What’s here not to like? It answers all of my needs . . .
(1) easy installation
(2) up to date files
(3) most recent versions of software (in most cases. . . . )
(4) Entertaining community with helpful good suggestions
(5) Cutting edge

Rich;)

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Well, I stumbled into EOS by accident. I have used many distros in the past and I have to say that this is the best one I have used and suits my needs perfectly. The community is pure gold and there is no “I use Arch btw” or any other Linux snobbery that really grinds my gears.

Welcome to the community! :slight_smile:

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I use Arch, btw :rofl:

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