Hey, DT! I've Used Linux Mint For 6 Months. Should I Move To Arch? (And More Questions)

On this episode of HEY DT:

0:00 Intro
0:24 Couldn't you do a challenge where you live in some different distros... Ubuntu 23.04?
5:14 Speaking of Wayland, have you considered trying River? Hyprland?
7:19 I am making the transition to Doom Emacs but I am having a hard time to configure it to work with Python...
10:16 Could you take a look at the Eww bar and show a DT's Eww config?
12:31 I switched to Linux Mint about six months ago from Windows 11...
16:50 Have you thought about doing in-person podcast type content with other creators?
18:19 Have you thought about making your own distro?
20:56 Should that software developed especially for government and high security environments be made open source?
24:52 Thanks to the Patrons.

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[topherfungus]

People don't seem to understand what stable means when it comes to Linux. A rolling release distro is inherently unstable. That doesn't mean it crashes all of the time, that means it changes all of the time.

[plutorocks]

This guy earns my respect for carrying Ubuntu bootable stick in bag pack to help people in need lol

[callmesteve]

I use arch-based distro and suddenly started using Wayland on KDE. I have NVIDIA videocard and I have a few small issues, but after solving them (thanks to Brodie Robertson btw) it literally works flawless.

[mrbloodyhyphen-]

The title is so accurate for me lol. I used Debian based distros for 6 months and then switched to EndeavourOS 2 months ago. Never looked back

[swayamshree]

Your answer to the last question was spot on. I always have to explain to people the license is only important when it comes to sharing or selling software.

[wiz]

Hey your speaking pace is really gd here . I like listeing to your presentations, cant always keep up but this pace is 👍 perfect

[tonyf]

Tumbleweed ♥️

Edit: Mutahar and DT would be a *based* conversation about Linux

[marsdrums]

Great video sir! You covered a lot of great stuff in this one! I enjoyed this one immensely. Nice work!

[AceOfBased]

12:31 Many good points to that question. My Linux journey, not gonna name any distros but the bases: Ubuntu > Arch > Debian < back to Arch, then back to > Debian. I just like the idea of turning on my computer and everything will work just as it did the day before, with that said Arch is fun. If I was that guy (or woman) I'd probably try out Debian before jumping to Arch. If your gonna run Arch, then be prepared to read ALOT and run into problems, sometimes on a daily basis.

Right now I'm learning alot about the window manager Openbox, and I think it is perfect on a Debian based system. No more DE for me.

[Trapped_in_the_Dunya]

I switched to Arch about a year and a half ago, and I love it. There was something about having to do it manually, and failing repeatedly that really made the experience so awesome. Now it's about how the amount of documentation on the applications, and access to the AUR. I've tried Ubuntu, Debian, popos, mint, and many others and really Arch is a winner in my book!

[shatterstone]

Oh my god, you answered my question! (I'm the person who asked the wayland compositor question).Thank you for that. It makes sense in your case.

[RadioTeal]

Hey DT: Great Video. I wanted to add that making a distro would entail building your own repositories (packages) and possibly your own package management system, however, folks need to remember that Linux is the kernel, everything else is distribution dependent (although that is simplified).

[OldieBugger]

Trying various distros: I bought a second-hand laptop, Lenovo ThinkPad T-440s (maybe 10 years old), to try different distros with it. If a distro cannot run in it, I just mark it as a failure and pick up the next distro.

[Jerret]

I really did use Mint for about 6 months before switching to Arch with KDE, lol. Thanks DT.

[usmanable]

I think fedora is best for someone who want fairly stable system but still want latest stuff not as latest as arch but still way ahead of ubuntu/debian based distros

[xdata]

Im a Linux-simp/Ubuntu-andy, but I love it and I even pay licenses on multiple machines. I use it for dev and school and I feel like I get a disproportionate amount of value from it against the $25 fee and I'm happy supporting them. Although I'm not sure they need it since Windows Pro just ships with Ubuntu out of the box now lol.

[andrewlozano]

Subscribed! I love watching your videos man!

[himabimdimwim]

I enjoy Fedora and Mint. I don't use bleeding edge software, so i don't need a rolling release. Ive been there and done that, i now value stability and compatibility, especially in production environments.

[CarlosReyes-kuub]

I'd like to see some GNU Emacs stuff, some NixOS would be heaven, I think NixOS is worthy the time and effort

[jeremymcguire]

Hey DT! I recently switched my laptops over to Linux because I got fed up with Win11 auto updates breaking my system. After watching dozens of your videos I went with Manjaro. I need a very current kernel for one laptop that has a Ryzen 6800H and an Nvidia RTX 3050. The other laptop is Intel with integrated graphics, but I wanted a consistent environment on both systems. So far ~3 months, I'm extremely pleased with the experience. LInux has come a very long way. The last time I tried switching was when Win7 was new... so yeah, it's been a while.