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
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?
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.
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?
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.
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:
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.
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.