Endeavour OS - The Only Arch Linux Distro You Will Ever Need

Endeavour OS, in my opinion, is the best Arch distro that currently exists. I'm biased of course, but my opinion is based on 14 month of continuous use and zero problems.

In fact Endeavour OS has helped change my mind about how suitable Arch systems are for brand new users, and I would now say that, whatever your level of skill or experience, the chances are you will get on great with Endeavour.

Update it once a week, use the wiki and friendly community to increase your knowledge, and customise it to suit yourself.

This video is a showcase of Endeavour's latest release, which I can find nothing to criticise.

In summary, what are you waiting for? Just install Endeavour and stop hopping :-)

I hope you enjoy the video :-)

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[eznix]

EndeavourOS is the only recommendation I give for Arch based distros, even over my own (thanks for the shout-out!). My own project is good for the tinkerer if you want to build your own personal ISO, but I don't provide all the perks that come with EndeavourOS. EOS provides tons of docs and a community, which makes all the difference when deciding on what to recommend. Cool video, thanks. 😀

[Alicia-kdvv]

You're the sort of bloke that would own an old Triumph TR6 or sn old MG.

Endeavour OS is probably the best arch based distro, and it makes me happy to see it thrive.

[dtubbs]

Oh my God thank you I spent all morning trying to install vanilla arch but I fucked my partitions up right out the gate and it was just a mess. You're a gentleman and a scholar.

[hamyzschidenfeld]

You can also just type "yay" and it'll update both the normal packages and AUR packages, no need to do the 2 commands separately or to add extra flags :-)

[BlessedbFresh]

I am the definition of a serial distro hopper and I absolutely loved endeavor and everything it stood for. I'm definitely looking towards giving it a second run with openbox. I've been stuck cycling between mabox, Archcraft and axyl the last few months so I'm due for a change. Thank you again for another great video OTB! One day I'm going to find that magical distro, or make my own when I gain the knowledge lol

[isleifoterogarcia]

As a Ubuntu user, I tried several distros, setting on debían and Arch Linux. After testing Manjaro, I realised by using it, how powerful and elegant Arch Linux is! I read a little and stumbled upon a nice compromise between ease of installation and flexibility and Endeavour OS was the choice. After reading the tutorials I was installing from source in no time, getting all the features of other distros installed and learning more about Linux than ever before. Even offline install is the fastest option for installation as my wireless card was detected, get my desktop of choice later and be ready to go. Thank you for your video as my conclusion was the same as yours. Endeavour OS is now my daily driver and my journey through Linux. Take care.

[CyperN]

The only problem with vanilla Arch is not everyone has the time to do the setup as you stated. It all comes down to what works for your work flow.

[ukdave]

Endeavour plus plasma has been my main setup for several months now. My experience has been excellent with no issues, plasma has behaved perfectly not like on Neon or Kubuntu. The community and plentiful documents are excellent.

[chuckmuckamuck]

Thanks for the advice, I just made a new machine for my home lab and installed Endeavor OS, really happy so far.

[harpskid]

I was really impressed with the community Openbox version of Endeavour. Im a bit of a "ram usage fetishist" and have ran XFCE on various distributions because it felt like the most basic usable desktop that I could have, anything else was very difficult. However, Openbox + tint2 on Endeavour has been a dream to run and saves a bit of ram ;).

[Biotico]

I haven't seen the video but I'm going to say a definitely yes to EndeavourOS. I'm using it as my daily driver for the last 4 months and it's the best pain free Arch experience I ever had and I was using Manjaro before.

[osgrov]

Looks great indeed, I shall be checking this out soon. Waiting on a new gaming system and then I'll migrate my Ryzen desktop to Linux full-time. :)
Looking forwards to a new Slackware release. That wasn't yesterday, ha! It was what got me started in the early 90s, and I ran it for many years.

[Dj-Solarjazz]

People often claim rolling is unstable. but as a long-time Arch user I cannot confirm this.

[richardmonroe]

Truth be known: I am a fanboy of Arcolinux and love KDE Plasma. So I thought, why not combine both of them? Exchanged Arco KDE for Endeavour but took along Arco's repos. Easy to do with Arcolinux Spices. Also, then was able to install Arco's Tweak Tool which allowed easy install of leftwm and bspwm. Thanks for the video. It inspired me to experiment!

[dragonclaw]

I tried ALG Arch Linux Gui..i really like it alot..runs quick and stable on my hardware..and ive tried ALOT of distros

[andrewpalm]

I tried EndeavourOS on a laptop, not long after it first came out. No issues whatsoever, as I recall. I didn't stay with it, but that was not in any way due to the distro's performance. I have lingering doubts about recommending it to any and all first-time Linux users. But were the person motivated and knew how to do a bit of research should trouble hit, I would have no qualms. Happy New Year!

[ChrisPinCornwall]

So impressed, I wiped Opensuse on my laptop and installed Endeavour with Cinnamon. Seems impressive. Thanks for the info...PS, love the bike.

[urho]

Hi! Thanks for the video. I really enjoyed it. I've been running Endeavour for week now. I also have Manjaro on my other computer. When you talk about maintenance of a Arch system, you really should mention pacdiffs too. Endeavour seems to have a nice little tool for the job. I haven't tested it yet, because havent' got any pacdiff files yet. But on my Manjaro machine I run pacdiff -o command few times a year. Compare pacdiff files with meld, make some changes if needed. And then delete .pacdiff files.

Maybe you should make a video for this too.

Cheers!

[TheLinuxCast]

Arco is my favorite, I've had about the same experience with it as you have with EndeavourOS.

[derekr]

I run Endeavour on my Lenovo X230 with no problems, vanilla Arch on my Dell Inspiron and Manjaro on my desktop, all run fine with no problems at all. I agree about Arch being stable as I have not had any hassles at all.