Why I Switched To Arch Linux

This is a video on why I switched to Arch Linux from Debian.

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[ThatJay]

ive "broken pacman" before by forgetting pacman manages global npm npm packages itself and by using npm install -g, but the thing i love about arch is the fix was easy. i just deleted my entire global node_modules, and got Pacman to reinstall everything npm related.

also, the first time i used linux i chose ubuntu. i also tried debian, then i hopped to popos, then i installed arch. the first time i properly installed it (like outside of a vm), i chose to keep my home directory (from popos). this meant i could transition seamlessly over. this worked fine. later i chose to just do a full "pure" arch install without any pre-existing directories. i havent distrohopped since.

[steventechno]

I used Mint but I needed more up to date drivers for my RX590 as I run audio through HDMI. The audio sounded all sorts of broken if I go beyond 30 hz. Switching over to the arch based Garuda Lite, which fixed it. I chose this for the Vanilla KDE experience, and it's still on the Arch branch. No complaints! Sure there's Endeavor but my current rig doesn't support it due to the lack of UEFI.

[esra_erimez]

By the way, I used to use Arch until an update broke it. I've been using Ubuntu

[typingcat]

If you want the minimum and original, Alpine Linux. It's damn small by today's standards. I would not use it for desktop, but I use it for specialised servers.

I was using Ubuntu, then I had some problems with hardware drivers, and I found out AUR which had the driver, and it seemed Manjaro was very popular at that time despite its weird name, so I switched to Manjaro. Then, I realised that it contains too many things that I didn't need, so I moved to EndeavourOS. After using it for a while, I think now I can use just bare Arch, but I don't want to reinstall and reconfigure the OS's, so I will keep using it until I need to reinstall the OS. EndeavourOS is mostly the same as Arch, but the thing I most dislike is the name. So cumbersome to type that name when reporting bugs.

[unclefester]

The only thing that sucks about using Arch - is the lack of a software store and the insane complexity of installing packages.

[gevilin]

Apt has broken my debial at least 10 times by now

[ralphorama]

linux is only free if your time isn't worth anything! 😁