2 Months ago i decided to quit Windows 11 cold turkey. Started with PopOS - didnt like whatever DE i had, so i just switched entirely over to Kubuntu - where i had a ton of permission issues. Finally landed on EndeavorOS using KDE Plasma and WOW. Everything simply works. I’ve been on it for 6 weeks now and I absolutely love it.

Lots of options out there, and my reasons for moving around could have been solved other ways, but I’m happy where i landed. Everything is customized exactly the way i like it (for now) and it all runs smooth as lubed butter.

The community has been great, and with the advent of AI, almost any problem i have is easily fixed (though there haven’t been many).

EDIT - i realized i didn’t say anything about gaming but between heroic, steam, and wine, everything just WORKS! Only 1 problem i have is I cant get voice to work in Rocket League, because the Epic terms wont open. I can live with that!

EDIT 2 - I run this with an NVIDIA 4070 Ti Super and an Intel i7 12700k

  • HayadSont@discuss.online
    6·
    7 days ago

    but I think I would always wonder if other distros were ‘more’ right for me.

    Hahaha, very recognizable.

    Your reply is much appreciated as it is yet another piece of (anecdotal) evidence that Arch-based distros can be picked up by complete newbs with success. While I don’t think it’s necessarily for everyone, the almost militant opposition by naysayers isn’t warranted either.

    Though I wonder, do you think you’re more ‘tech-savvy’ than the average newcomer? Or, at least, more willing to read/understand/work for your system?

    • Crabhands@lemmy.mlOP
      4·
      7 days ago

      Thinking on this more, the install was 100% easy. 2 problems i had were dracut was updated to v107 then rolled back by EoS. I had to look up the issue, realized it didnt affect me so i was able to ignore it. My second issue was last week pulseaudio had an update that messed up 5.1 sound so i did have to roll back there. All in all, nothing too difficult, and all good learning opportunities.

      • HayadSont@discuss.online
        3·
        7 days ago

        i did have to roll back there

        I think this is pivotal!

        Updates can come with breaking changes. Therefore, the way a distro handles its updates is perhaps more important than its update cadence:

        • Some choose to outright freeze packages and only come with security updates
        • Others have (almost) excessive testing to prevent breakage
        • Yet others employ rollbacks to ensure that the (eventual/inevitable) breakage can easily be deflected
        • Finally, there are distros that fall on a spectrum in regards to their more radical state management in hopes of minimizing breakage
        • (Though, I’m sure I’ve forgotten some other methods…)
        • And, of course, we find combinations of the above employed on the very same distro/system

        Sorry for my ramblings, but with M$ sunsetting W10, I feel there’s a great opportunity for Linux to capitalize on this event. Yet, as your own experience clearly shows, the ‘default’ to recommend Mint/Ubuntu/Pop!_OS (or your average Ubuntu-based distro) isn’t always a guarantee for success. And were it not for your insistence on trying out different distros, we might have ‘lost’ you 😭. Hopefully we will ever-adapt as a community to better accommodate the needs of to-be M$-refugees.

    • Crabhands@lemmy.mlOP
      2·
      7 days ago

      Yes I’m more tech-savvy, but I’m less patient to read/understand things, i will usually chatgpt something these days, then keep my own personal documentation for anything i may need in the future.