So basically i want try other rolling release distributions besides Vanilla Arch Linux So Give your thoughts on which is the best and also how to install the wifi drivers on Endeavour os and Gentoo Linux For a better experience
OpenSUSE Tumbleweed
And if it does, roll back to the previous snapshot.
Second this
Arch
Arch
Yeah but it breaks down alot so its not for me unfortunately
If your Arch breaks down it’s likely any rolling release distro will also, because it means you’re likely not doing part of the maintenance a rolling release needs, such as ensuring the config files you’ve changed get properly updated.
Any rolling release distro is unstable, because unstable doesn’t mean what you think it means, it means that any library can be updated.
ok thanks for correcting my mistake and I’m sure arch isn’t impossible to use just a little bit tinky
That’s a fair point, but I think the definition of “breaking” tends to correlate with experience.
There are certain things that will “break” in Arch that are trivial to fix for me now, but were a real pain when I first started using it (GPG key errors come to mind).
Even things like the Grub issue from around a year ago – that’s something I could probably fix with a little reading now, but at the time I just ended up re-installing.
Arch very rarely breaks on its own. But if the manually driven style of Arch is not what you’re looking for, try OpenSUSE Tumbleweed or Slowroll.
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what about endeavour os then
It’s literally arch with a graphical installer…
I love endeavour, really can’t go wrong with it. Is super lightweight, rolling-release, archbased (so you have AUR) and more robust than arch I’d say. It has never failed me.
However, my dad’s endeavour system broke once, idk if it was because no maintenance or what… I guess no system is perfect.
Tumbleweed
I love openSUSE Tumbleweed. It has a solid automated testing process that means packages will be held back rather than updating and breaking things.
That’s what im going to use daily use anyway and for gaming as well but that because fedora doesn’t detect my wifi drivers at least opensuse slowroll is looking good for a backup os
Most Linux distributions are quite reliable, even rolling ones. What usually causes instability are the closed source applications people choose to run on them.
I’m not just pointing out nVidia drivers, I’ve seen Teams and Visual Studio Code crash an otherwise stable Ubuntu LTS.
NixOS because you can roll back when anything breaks, install stable versions of packages, and put your configuration in version control
And if you need to reinstall – look at that, your whole config is documented as code.
I have used debian for 20 years, I am very happy with it. Also zero problems with gaming nowadays
I’ve been running the same arch install for atleast 5 years… I honestly can’t recommend any other distro because I haven’t used many for a long enough period of time
Ok but I won’t use stable distributions until im need to use them and how did not crash from maintenance and downloaded too many softwares
Happy Tumbleweed user here, since 2006!
Ok thanks for your Amazing experience
Debian stable
Liquorix kernel
Flatpak the apps
thanks will do later
Debian testing or unstable.
Ok do you know sparkly Linux is great rolling distribution in addition to pclinux os
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thanks I haven’t known about it but I have Opensuse Tumbleweed for gaming use and endeavour os for the aur
Just FYI, if you like EndeavourOS, you should know that it’s essentially an installer for Vanilla Arch (unlike Majaro which is Arch-based).
So you may have just had bad luck when you tried Vanilla Arch that you didn’t have with EndeavourOS – but there’s no real difference between the 2 besides manual vs GUI installer.
Debian hands down delivers the most stable experience of em all – even after updating from stable to sid.
t. Did exactly that on a unsupported sbc, “Orange pi zero 3”, and everything works.
thanks but Debain isn’t easy to use
…wait what
So you think Gentoo is okay but Debian isnt?
I was guessing but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t work And yes I know Debain is easy nowadays but regardless I will try Debain or even better MX Linux and Linux mint Debain edition
Delving into the realm of non-rolling distros, yes MX is quite good (sits on top of Debian). I’ve used the latest version on a laptop seeing almost daily use for 1.5 years or so and zero issues. And thread originator is correct, Debian is the gold standard for a stable linux experience.
that’s why I want to try it later because it’s the really Best Distro for most of my old computers that otherwise use puppy or antix
just use arch and don’t do anything stupid (like not updating regularly)
I don’t know how there are people that wait a month between updates, it’s like they don’t actually want a rolling release.
As someone who used Arch for several years and has been on Tumbleweed for a few years now, life happens. I ran Arch on my laptop, desktop, and a server, and I could go weeks if not 1-2 months between actively using one of those. But when I do, I want the latest software.
So I now use Tumbleweed on my desktop and laptop and Leap on my server. Updates are no longer painful whether it’s been a week or a month. I also switched to AMD GPU, which further reduced my issues.
I think Arch is fine, Tumbleweed just fits my lifestyle more. I’ll probably move my server to MicroOS one of these days, probably when Leap 15.6 EOL is announced.
life happens
Impossible! Everyone knows Arch users don’t have a life. /j
But damn you have a pretty computer free life if you can go weeks between usage.
I’d say Tumbleweed is what you’re looking for. They have some sort of automated testing process (OpenQA, I think) and are far more stable than Arch, while oftentimes having newer versions of packages before Arch.
What about the gaming benefits like using Lutris and Steam Proton In case i want to game after i installed all the necessary drivers
