(No provocation)

I see these reasons:

  • newbie
  • lazy (don’t wanna edit config files etc.)
  • unique features (like assistant/toolbox, some optimizations like in cachyos)
  • wanna check how different systems are set up (that’s rather distrohopping)

Personally, I used manjaro i3 when I was beigginer and wanted to see how tiling WM should be configured (check out ranger config, for example). But after some time, I don’t see reasons why not to just customize pure arch (same with debian and debian-based distros).

  • Digit@lemmy.wtfEnglish
    1·
    16 hours ago

    systemd.

    I do not want any component imposed. Init-freedom.

    (Artix, btw).

  • BurgerBaron@quokk.auEnglish
    1·
    2 days ago

    Lazy! CachyOS sets up system snapshots and I could one click install gaming related packages. It’s not much really, I could install regular Arch instead but meh.

  • Ada@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    1·
    4 days ago

    I wanted a rolling release distro, but not a bare bones distro that I have to build from scratch myself.

  • Ŝan • 𐑖ƨɤ@piefed.zipEnglish
    6·
    6 days ago

    Artix, because Arch mandates systemd and I don’t want systemd.

    I run EndeavourOS on my wife’s laptop because it was easy to install.

  • SinTan1729@programming.devEnglish
    11·
    6 days ago

    I love the rolling release model, and the AUR. (I even maintain some packages on AUR.) I have installed and used pure Arch in the past, if only for the rite of passage.

    But nowadays I mostly use EndeavourOS. It’s basically Arch once it’s installed, but has a nice and fast installer, with great defaults. Also, the community is awesome. I rarely need any help anymore, but I still like hanging out in their forums helping others, and generally chatting about non-Linux stuff.

      • SinTan1729@programming.devEnglish
        9·
        7 days ago

        Idk, I feel like it’s blown out of proportions a bit. It’s always supposed to be unsupported, and users are supposed to look at the PKGBUILD files. I know most people don’t, but I don’t think that’s AUR’s fault.

        • EuroNutellaMan@sh.itjust.works
          1·
          4 days ago

          I use Arch (btw) so I half agree but Arch nowadays is a much more mainstream distro, especially thanks to its derivatives so some sort of security should be implemented on the AUR.

  • BehindTheBarrier@programming.dev
    6·
    6 days ago

    Sorta first time Linux user, picked CachyOS because it came with friendly installer and startup install guide/automation. Unlike last time i tried Linux to run some python project on the GPU I never managed to install CUDA.

    CachyOS promised out of box support, wine/proton directly, and the selection of default tools got me far along the Windows migration. So far no issues even compiling programs that need CUDA drivers and more. Haven’t really gamed a lot, but this OS is supposed to be good for that.

  • RachelRodent@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    5·
    6 days ago

    Endeavor is just arch with a graphical installer takes 5 minst to install comes with a script to install nvidia drivers. I am far far from a nebie but it is just convenient. Also use cachy is repos which are faster

  • 17jGuFCOn89iY@lemmy.world
    3·
    6 days ago

    I’ve installed arch manually a few times. The last time I did it I had issues with my nvidia gpu and plasma glitching out drawing weird lines on the screen. I got tired of trying to fix it and went back to windows for a while. Figured I’d try crunchyos to see if their setup resolved that and it did. And now that it’s installed there’s no reason to uninstall.

  • Noxy@pawb.socialEnglish
    5·
    7 days ago

    lazy + unique features

    like someone just fixed the isp4 webcam for my zbook, it’s not even in the mainline kernel yet but at somepoint cachy’s kernel started working perfectly with my webcam where before I had to build my own

  • Neuromancer49@midwest.socialEnglish
    6·
    7 days ago

    I chose EndeavourOS initially because I was relatively new to Linux (I tinkered with Ubuntu in grade school) and wanted out of Microsoft’s environment. The support community is amazing and newbie-friendly. They’ve helped me through a few bricked systems.

    Now I’m at a crux because I own a 1080 and am tired of mistakenly breaking my installation because NVIDIA stopped supporting open source drivers for old cards. I felt uncomfortable building my own driver packages and was relying on AUR, but the recent security breach has me skittish.

    Rather than switch to another distro (Mint being the top contender), I decided to replace my graphics card and stay with Endeavour because it seems the Arch distros are the only ones staunchly against age verification laws. I’m fortunate enough to be in a position to update and stick with Endeavour. Maybe when I actually get good at Linux I’ll switch to pure Arch.

  • GottaHaveFaith@fedia.io
    5·
    7 days ago

    I didn’t have time to set up arch manually as I wanted, after two/three hours I still didn’t have a desktop environment and needed a working PC in the afternoon. I tried both cachyos and endeavouros, they’re both good and they just work ™. If I were to format the PC another time I guess I could try again with arch Linux, always happy to learn new stuff.