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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

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[–] HayadSont@discuss.online 4 points 5 days ago (5 children)

Thanks for sharing your experiences!

Do you think your experiences on Pop!_OS and Kubuntu were instrumental for EndeavourOS working out for ya? Or do you think you could have jumped straight to EndeavourOS successfully?

[–] Crabhands@lemmy.ml 6 points 5 days ago (4 children)

I could have definitely jumped straight in, but I think I would always wonder if other distros were 'more' right for me. So yeah, i think trying the other ones helped me be content here.

That being said, I'm a little more experienced now and could likely navigate around some of the things i didnt like about the other distros.

[–] HayadSont@discuss.online 6 points 5 days ago (3 children)

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.ml 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

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 points 5 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.

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