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Just curious to see what people are up to. I've been using Nixos for a while. It's fabulous and I have absolutely no reason to switch, but part of me is itching to hop to Debian or maybe OpenSUSE. How about you?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I don't understand why people will bend over backwards to install anything but baseline arch.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Installing Arch is a PITA tho, tbf. Just give me Calamares ...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I installed Arch the Archway once on my old laptop, just to learn the standard procedure. At the moment, I don't see any reason for myself (other than learning) to use bare Arch over EndeavourOS, which is very close to it, but with some bells and whistles and some pre configurations. Which does not mean others have no reason, I just talk for myself.

Also Arch nowadays have an installer script on the terminal, which makes things easier, but I never used it. I see it as a stopover between Calamares and manual Archway installation.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What do you mean by "bend over backwards"?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It's a common English idiom, referring to something that is difficult or taxing to accomplish, often without payoff.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I see. To me using EndeavourOS is not bending over backwards, because it is not more difficult than using bare metal Archlinux. Just saying, because you say you don't understand people doing that. I don't do it. EndeavourOS makes it more easy and less headache to use Arch in my opinion. And from that perspective, it's a win situation.