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As a capable but lazy user, how much would switching to Arch frustrate me? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I know my way around a command line. I work in IT, but when it comes to my personal fun time more often than not I'm quite lazy. I use windows a lot because just plugging in anything or installing any game and it just working is great.

But support for windows 10 is ending and I should probably switch sonner rather than later, so I'm wondering if Arch would be a good pick for me? For reference, I mostly game and do Godot stuff in my free time.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

I was an Ubuntu WSL user and installed Arch Linux on my laptop without the install script and it took me a whole day plus a few more hours in the following days (reading the wiki and such). I learned a lot and it was a lot of fun.

I installed EndeavorOS on my desktop and it was.... Weird. It was so weird that I broke things and had to reinstall it twice. Endeavour is great but I had already gotten used on setting things up by myself.

I have both computers running perfectly since then but you need to keep in mind that you'll be responsible for doing maintenance on your system. Updating, checking logs, reading and rereading the arch wiki.

I wish I had tried getting into Arch sooner but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone that isn't willing to dedicate to it. Maybe try Endeavour and see if you like it?