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[–] Haven5341@feddit.de 85 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (16 children)

Which one(s)

Arch.

why?

  1. The Arch-Wiki
  2. I like pacman
  3. The Arch-Wiki
  4. I wanted a rolling-release distribution.
  5. The Arch-Wiki
  6. It just works. I had only one more serious problem in ~8 years of running Arch
  7. Did I mention the Arch-Wiki?

Edit:

Having said that, I have an eye on immutable distros. Maybe one day I'll try one out.

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago (10 children)

Is Manjaro good if I want in on this Arch goodness but don't want to spend hours configuring stuff? Coming from Fedora

[–] Nyanix@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 months ago

I've been daily driving Manjaro for 4 years without any issues. Generally speaking I'd recommend seeing if there is a flatpak for an app before using AUR. I don't update as soon as updates are out though, so usually any issues there may have been have been shmoothed over before I get to it.

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