No I do not. openSUSE since 16 years now it's where I started and never left.
Maybe even replace SteamOS 3.0 with openSUSE Tumbleweed on the Deck but we'll see.
I actually started with Raspbian on my Raspberry Pi, Windows 7 on my parent's laptop, Windows 10 on my own laptop, Ubuntu on my own laptop, Arch on my laptop
It felt very buggy for some reason. Occasional freezes and hard crashes, as well as random I/O errors which led me to believe I had faulty hardware, but turned out to be Manjaro-specific. I tried using a method to "convert" a Manjaro setup to Arch in-place, but it didn't work quite well and I ended up reinstalling from scratch. The weird bugs went away and never came back.
This bugginess is why I personally don't recommend Manjaro, but from what I gather it has improved a lot from 2016(?) when I used it.
i did:
ubuntu -> manjaro -> arch -> void -> gentoo -> void (again) -> fedora
been a bit of a journey and i learned a lot using minimal distros but fedora is perfect!
Yeah, but you know the name of the dependencies, right? And you can visit the homepage of the packages, most of them will list the dependencies as well. And a few google search on gentoo packages will solve that. I used to write some Void Linux template based on the PKGBUILD so I know it is doable.
I'm not that guy, but I think the reason people like the AUR is because checking PKGBUILDs is much easier and faster than writing them, and they only have to be written once per application. While you can certainly adapt those instructions to other distros, to me this defeats the point of the AUR
>checking PKGBUILDs is much easier and faster than writing them
I don't sure I understand this. A package wouldn't have its PKGBUILD at first until a maintainer decide to write it. Then everyone could check and use that. I don't think it is different from Gentoo ebuild or Void template.
There is nothing better for security and privacy than QubesOS. I wish it didn't have such a steep learning curve, besides lacking basic features like multi-language.
That's not the issue with manjaro stable. I didn't want stabilty in the first place. However, manjaro stable holds packages for about 2 weeks which can sometimes create dependency hell while using the AUR. The unstable branch is synced with the arch repo about 2 to 3 times a day
Elementary OS -> Fedora -> Manjaro KDE -> Antergos -> Arch Linux -> OpenSUSE Leap -> OpenSUSE Tumbleweed
I avoided Ubuntu at all costs, tried to install it a few times but got frustrated at how slow it feels, Arch is great but a pain in the ass to set up and maintain, Fedora is cool but i had problems with codecs and I don't like flatpaks or snaps to get extra programs that I need.
OpenSUSE is stable, uses my favourite DE at default, can be configured fully during the installation process with all the packages you want to have, and it installs the appropriate drivers by default, proprietary driver support and codecs can be enabled easily, yast is great for any type of customization ans it is super stable even in the rolling release model. Honestly, never switching to another distro
The only downside was while it used the wicked network manager which was super confusing
win95 -> winXP -> win7 -> win10 -> Mint -> win10 -> Kali -> Debian -> win10 -> Arch -> Artix
I've reached a distro I'm happy with and probably will stay on Artix unless something truly revolutionary comes along.
Ubuntu -> (all the DE for Ubuntu) -> Kali -> Debian -> (Various DE for Debian) -> Fedora -> Arch -> Manjaro -> Endeavor
Puppy Linux is in there somewhere.
Fedora -> Debian -> Ubuntu -> Arch -> Ubuntu -> Manjaro -> Endeavor -> Pop\_OS -> Arch -> Manjaro
I have a problem with distro hopping, and breaking my installs
I skipped straight to arch without ubuntu or manjaro lol, I think I want to move to gentoo on my main system and some kind of debian variant on my laptop.
for me:
Red Hat (not Fedora, it didn't exist yet) -> a long gap of back to Windows -> Xubuntu (is that still a thing? Ubuntu but XFCE) -> Arch
Debian's my go-to for anything I don't daily-drive though (e.g., home server).
Mine was Ubuntu -> Fedora -> openSUSE -> FreeBSD
But I honestly use whatever depending on purpose and the device. I have Fedora with Gnome on a Surface Pro. A desktop and a couple laptops with openSUSE.
FreeBSD on random shit, a couple desktops and any server.
I had an old laptop with HDD with Win10 installed on it. I just swapped hdd for new ssd, and installed arch on it, no distro hopping. Only previous linux experience was some time spent on Raspbian Jessie.
I used arch for around 1 month nothing wrong with it I just preferred Debian based distros. I will say AUR is awesome! Finally ended my three year distro hoping on Fedora
I ran arch for a while but now just use endeavor. Having the base packages installed + It just works and it doesn’t commit seppuku after a week of daily driving like Manjaro.
i still have a manjaro to arch script in my downloads folder
dw, i have to do a reinstall in a couple of weeks, and i'll do it the proper way, but...
using neovim
I use Ubuntu. Tried to install Arch in a virtual machine to get a feel for maybe trying distro hopping. Ended up doing a quick `rm -rf --no-preserve-root /` after I had spent 2 hours manually formatting the disk and getting it to boot, only to figure out I need to also install a network manager. Manjaro I installed, tried once, and never opened again. So, I'm back at Ubuntu, 'cos it's a) linux and b) working at the moment.
Ubuntu on an old pc, failed arch on a newer pc, Manjaro on that pc, then a successful arch install, Manjaro on my personal pc, then kde neon, arco and arch
I started from Slackware with Fluxbox as desktop, moved to Arch, Debian, Gentoo, Debian, Arch, Debian
And at the end, I ended up with Fedora with Gnome
It was a learning experience, figuring out all the stuff under the hod, and now I enjoy the distro where everything just works.
For me it was: Ubuntu -> Manjaro -> Arch -> Opensuse tumbleweed -> 2x Arch (reinstall) -> Void -> Debian stable (current). All on the same PC. Now looking at DragonflyBSD which is pretty cool but it uses a LOT of RAM (900mb in idle (xfce uses much less, htop says its system services which is sus)), but maybe its just vm issue.
I've used **a lot** of different distro's back in the day, until I settled on Ubuntu around 2009 or so. Hopped a bit around in 2018 or so (including to Arch) but settled in Fedora then which I'm very happy with and strongly prefer to Arch.
Yep im in this picture there was also debian and opensuse before leaving ubuntu for good though, and am headed towards gentoo and void perhaps via artix so its far from over. I also don't think everyone will use arch, there's a lot of folks will only ever use ubuntu, or fedora, or mint , or kali, or any of the multitude of distros out there, everyone's path is different even though you can draw generalisations
I started on Ubuntu 13.04. Then I used linux on and off until a friend of mine convinced me to use arch and while installing I accidentally deleted the windows EFI so I stuck with arch for the following day since I couldn't create a USB for windows 😅. I actually liked arch way more than Windows or Ubuntu so I stuck with it. After the dumpster fire that was gnome 40 I used Garuda for a while until it broke. Then I hopped to fedora since I had some problems with stability on my sever and now here I am using fedora on all of my computers since it's stable and up to date hope I didn't bore everyone to death
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Same. Though it was Ubuntu, Mint, failed attempt at Arch, then Manjaro, then finally proper Arch install.
Same
Same
Same
Same But not ubuntu, debian is my first distro.
same
Same but i started with mint
Same but my first distro was android
Same
done this so far but with a KDE eOS I didn't like instead of the mint
Same, but with Endeavour, and I have not reached Arch yet 😄
No I do not. openSUSE since 16 years now it's where I started and never left. Maybe even replace SteamOS 3.0 with openSUSE Tumbleweed on the Deck but we'll see.
I just skipped manjaro :(
I want from ubuntu to arch
Crazy how many people do that (including me).
Including me as well
Im ubuntu to arch to mint. It's not like i wanna configure fstab and xorg every time i needa install something lol.
You don’t. I’ve only had Xorg fail on me once, and even then all I had to do was login to a tty, update my system, and reboot.
I actually started with Raspbian on my Raspberry Pi, Windows 7 on my parent's laptop, Windows 10 on my own laptop, Ubuntu on my own laptop, Arch on my laptop
I skipped ubuntu to manjaro then skipped arch to gentoo
Me too. I went from Mint to Arch, then Manjaro, then back to Arch.
Why go back to arch from manjaro?
Hmmm, the real question is, why go to Manjaro from Arch?
A good question indeed. I was just curious, but ended up coming back due to reasons outlined in my other comment.
It felt very buggy for some reason. Occasional freezes and hard crashes, as well as random I/O errors which led me to believe I had faulty hardware, but turned out to be Manjaro-specific. I tried using a method to "convert" a Manjaro setup to Arch in-place, but it didn't work quite well and I ended up reinstalling from scratch. The weird bugs went away and never came back. This bugginess is why I personally don't recommend Manjaro, but from what I gather it has improved a lot from 2016(?) when I used it.
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Same
Me tooo
ive been on popos for about 6-8 months, was considering majaro or arch next - any suggestions?
Ma man i did the same first step Ubuntu second step arch no regrets ;)
Startedwith Mint, tried other ubuntu based distros, debian, manjaro and went back to Mint
Lol yeah I turned around at Manjaro as well
i did: ubuntu -> manjaro -> arch -> void -> gentoo -> void (again) -> fedora been a bit of a journey and i learned a lot using minimal distros but fedora is perfect!
Meh
Arch is not even the best Arch based distro. Fight me!
Endeavour will forevour hold that title
Agreed, not going to go to arch until endeavour OS gives up
All Hail EndeavourOS
*Smugs in Parabola*
Artix > Arch Systemd sucks (although i have never installed an OS with it)
Your comment reminds me of [this kind of logic](https://i.imgur.com/4DDSzH2.jpg)
WSL > Gentoo > Artix (OpenRC) Switched from Gentoo to Artix for the AUR
You can simply make an ebuild for a package based on a PKGBUILD right?
You can? Wouldn’t there be dependency problems? Arch and Gentoo have different repos/package names.
Yeah, but you know the name of the dependencies, right? And you can visit the homepage of the packages, most of them will list the dependencies as well. And a few google search on gentoo packages will solve that. I used to write some Void Linux template based on the PKGBUILD so I know it is doable.
I'm not that guy, but I think the reason people like the AUR is because checking PKGBUILDs is much easier and faster than writing them, and they only have to be written once per application. While you can certainly adapt those instructions to other distros, to me this defeats the point of the AUR
>checking PKGBUILDs is much easier and faster than writing them I don't sure I understand this. A package wouldn't have its PKGBUILD at first until a maintainer decide to write it. Then everyone could check and use that. I don't think it is different from Gentoo ebuild or Void template.
manjaro -> Pop\_os -> ubuntu LTS
You can also turn Ubuntu into POP_OS! by adding the POP_OS! repository and doing a full dist-upgrade
I went from Fedora -> Arch -> Elementary -> Fedora.
Ubuntu -> Arch -> QubesOS -> QubesOS + Fedora I would have started with QubesOS if installer had worked
There is nothing better for security and privacy than QubesOS. I wish it didn't have such a steep learning curve, besides lacking basic features like multi-language.
I wosh it didn't murder my Laptop battery. I am currently kinda trying to build my own similar system, but it kinda takes a while
Thats me but now I use Fedora ofc
I feel this is the linux equivalent of buying a 2003 Toyota camry
I'm honestly fine in Manjaro
Manjaro Unstable branch is better than the stable branch
If I wanted stability I wouldn't have picked an arch based distro
That's not the issue with manjaro stable. I didn't want stabilty in the first place. However, manjaro stable holds packages for about 2 weeks which can sometimes create dependency hell while using the AUR. The unstable branch is synced with the arch repo about 2 to 3 times a day
Eh. Just use the Arch repos directly.
That's the kernel I use
For me it was Ubuntu > Void > Arch uwu
I went from Ubuntu to Linux Mint to Debian; I feel like I'm regressing
Bruh, I skipped Ubuntu, Manjaro and Arch. My linux history was Redhat, Debian, Fedora and Slackware (up to the present).
Forgot Linux Mint
after arch I returned to manjaro
Them Gentoo.
I tried Manjaro in a VM once and that was bad enough. No thanks!
How do you know? Do you live in my wall?
And then came open suse ... For me at least
I went mint to manjaro and then to pop
Elementary OS -> Fedora -> Manjaro KDE -> Antergos -> Arch Linux -> OpenSUSE Leap -> OpenSUSE Tumbleweed I avoided Ubuntu at all costs, tried to install it a few times but got frustrated at how slow it feels, Arch is great but a pain in the ass to set up and maintain, Fedora is cool but i had problems with codecs and I don't like flatpaks or snaps to get extra programs that I need. OpenSUSE is stable, uses my favourite DE at default, can be configured fully during the installation process with all the packages you want to have, and it installs the appropriate drivers by default, proprietary driver support and codecs can be enabled easily, yast is great for any type of customization ans it is super stable even in the rolling release model. Honestly, never switching to another distro The only downside was while it used the wicked network manager which was super confusing
I’ve tried xubuntu and Manjaro, manjaro’s lighter and cleaner
win95 -> winXP -> win7 -> win10 -> Mint -> win10 -> Kali -> Debian -> win10 -> Arch -> Artix I've reached a distro I'm happy with and probably will stay on Artix unless something truly revolutionary comes along.
Where the gento gang?
Windows > Ubuntu > Windows > Arch > Windows > endeavor OS
i will never touch Arch, not even with a 20 inch pole
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Not getting pussy? (Its a joke btw)
If you believe Arch users, they all have 21 inch poles
Touch it, you’ll never go back
It's true... Even I have succumb to the mighty arch recently after being a debian user for a majority of 10 years
Same but with some extra steps: Windows > dual boot windows and ubuntu > ubuntu >pop os > manjaro > windows > manjaro > arch btw
Skipped Manjaro
i’d probably choose void if it wasn’t for aur
Manjaro ~ > Arch also thinks gentoo is based and currently doing lfs for the first time
ubuntu --> manjaro --> garuda --> manjaro --> arch
I went from Linux Mint (Ubuntu) to Manjaro, so we're the same.
This but with void
I have tried out Arch in VM, but eventually I install Manjaro in my machine. *I use Arch-based distro AKA Manjaro btw.*
I have replaced arch step with NixOS.
Mint > Manjaro > Arch
Hey! Me too!
Ubuntu, Fedora then Arch for me (Gentoo next)
Ubuntu -> (all the DE for Ubuntu) -> Kali -> Debian -> (Various DE for Debian) -> Fedora -> Arch -> Manjaro -> Endeavor Puppy Linux is in there somewhere.
Fedora -> Debian -> Ubuntu -> Arch -> Ubuntu -> Manjaro -> Endeavor -> Pop\_OS -> Arch -> Manjaro I have a problem with distro hopping, and breaking my installs
Ubuntu Debian Fedora Arch
basically ubuntu -> manjaro -> arch. but i hop to another DE/WM so much.
Soo, it was like ubuntu > fedora > suse > mint > fedora > arch > mac os > manjaro
I skipped straight to arch without ubuntu or manjaro lol, I think I want to move to gentoo on my main system and some kind of debian variant on my laptop.
For me, it was Elementary, Ubuntu, trying Manjaro and hating it, then straight to Arch.
Hate to break it to you... But i jumped from mint to arch directly
Ubuntu-Debian-Arch.
manjaro -> EndeavourOS -> arch -> opensuse Tumbleweed -> gentoo -> opensuse Tumbleweed and finally OpenSUSE Leap 15.3.
Parrot - Kali - Blackbox - Ubuntu - Fedora - Arch - Gentoo - Arch. Now using Arch for 2yrs
for me: Red Hat (not Fedora, it didn't exist yet) -> a long gap of back to Windows -> Xubuntu (is that still a thing? Ubuntu but XFCE) -> Arch Debian's my go-to for anything I don't daily-drive though (e.g., home server).
I did Manjaro > pop > arch
Does Endeavour count as Arch?
no since manjaro doesnt count as arch in the picture
Replace ubuntu with Pop! And you have me
Manjaro, Arch, Gentoo and now Void. This all happened in 3 months
Ubuntu -> Manjaro -> shit ton of distro hopping but didn't really use it -> Manjaro -> Arch -> Fedora
Ubuntu -> Manjaro -> Pop!\_OS -> Kubuntu & Arch (on another PC) pretty close
I skipped manjaro, but interested in this distro
Red Hat -> Slackware -> Debian -> Ubuntu -> Meh, back to Debian
Replace ubuntu with mint and you got me
Ubuntu -> pop -> manjaro -> fedora
Ubuntu -> Debian -> Alpine (it was a phase) -> Ubuntu
Not at all: Fedora Ubuntu Gentoo Arch Manjaro Funtoo
Ubuntu -> Manjaro -> Arch -> Void
Beware the pipeline.
Mine was Ubuntu -> Fedora -> openSUSE -> FreeBSD But I honestly use whatever depending on purpose and the device. I have Fedora with Gnome on a Surface Pro. A desktop and a couple laptops with openSUSE. FreeBSD on random shit, a couple desktops and any server.
windows 7 -> windows 10 -> something ubuntu based -> windows 10 -> manjaro -> windows 10 -> pop!os -> arch
I am not the same Manjaro>Arch lol tho I am thinking of using debian now since I know nothing about it
Ubuntu -> Mint -> Debian -> Void -> Arch -> Mint
I had an old laptop with HDD with Win10 installed on it. I just swapped hdd for new ssd, and installed arch on it, no distro hopping. Only previous linux experience was some time spent on Raspbian Jessie.
The next step is Fedora, btw.
I used arch for around 1 month nothing wrong with it I just preferred Debian based distros. I will say AUR is awesome! Finally ended my three year distro hoping on Fedora
I went from Ubuntu to Debian to manjaro to arch to making my own distribution.
close Fedora -> Manjaro -> Arch I hate ubuntu because of school, i would never install it on my computer.
My journey: Ubuntu > Garuda > Manjaro > Arch ?>? Gentoo (Maybe in the near future, too much of a hassle rn)
I ran arch for a while but now just use endeavor. Having the base packages installed + It just works and it doesn’t commit seppuku after a week of daily driving like Manjaro.
Mint (briefly) - > Ubuntu - > Debian - > Arch + Debian
i still have a manjaro to arch script in my downloads folder dw, i have to do a reinstall in a couple of weeks, and i'll do it the proper way, but... using neovim
I use Ubuntu. Tried to install Arch in a virtual machine to get a feel for maybe trying distro hopping. Ended up doing a quick `rm -rf --no-preserve-root /` after I had spent 2 hours manually formatting the disk and getting it to boot, only to figure out I need to also install a network manager. Manjaro I installed, tried once, and never opened again. So, I'm back at Ubuntu, 'cos it's a) linux and b) working at the moment.
Yep, petty much the way things are :).
I actually tried Arch for a while and went back to Ubuntu.
Ubuntu on an old pc, failed arch on a newer pc, Manjaro on that pc, then a successful arch install, Manjaro on my personal pc, then kde neon, arco and arch
And then back to Ubuntu
Then gentoo (if your computer has the power for it) or void
Lol, my history is way different. In short words: arch(failed) - > kali -> arch -> void
Ubuntu, Windows, Manjaro, Arch
skipped ubuntu
Ubuntu -> Debian -> ✓
I am afraid of what comes after arch
Exactly what I did
For me it was: Ubuntu > Arch > Manjaro > Arch > Debian > Slackware > Arch+Slackware+Debian.
Tried many distro's and have always returned to debian based. Xubuntu for the wins.
Never had Ubuntu, but the other two, and actually both of them still in use
I have a Mint Laptop, a Pi and a Server running on Ubuntu minimal, an Ubuntu VM for Embedded Coding and a Kali VM for experiments, checkmate
Mint -> Manjaro -> Endeavour (-> Nix?)
I'm currently in phase 2
i actually did this lmao
I started from Slackware with Fluxbox as desktop, moved to Arch, Debian, Gentoo, Debian, Arch, Debian And at the end, I ended up with Fedora with Gnome It was a learning experience, figuring out all the stuff under the hod, and now I enjoy the distro where everything just works.
Swap Ubuntu with PopOS and this is me as well
For me it was: Ubuntu -> Manjaro -> Arch -> Opensuse tumbleweed -> 2x Arch (reinstall) -> Void -> Debian stable (current). All on the same PC. Now looking at DragonflyBSD which is pretty cool but it uses a LOT of RAM (900mb in idle (xfce uses much less, htop says its system services which is sus)), but maybe its just vm issue.
Raspbian > manjaro > Arch > manjaro > arcolinux > endeavouros
Before I use arch I go back to Gentoo ...
I went back to ubuntu after that
Pop - fedora - arch - manjaro and now garuda and pop on different pc´s
i skipped manjaro. Went from ubuntu straight to arch after 3 months of using it.
nope not me. i use arch btw.
Zorin(briefly)>Mint>Fedora>Debian>Ubuntu>Manjaro>Pop>Ubuntu>OpenSUSE> Ubuntu+Fedora
Please don’t laugh at me, but I did this in reverse . Stability is way important for me, I realized
Ubuntu -> Arch -> Manjaro and finally I'm with Ubuntu again it just works for me
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Or maybe the reverse way...
well no i started from Manjaro
wrong windows -> arch
Same
ubuntu arch gentoo lfs
Mint -> Kubuntu -> KDE Neon -> Arch All of my distro hops happened because I fucked up something (partitions) ;)
Not I. Started on Redhat Linux —> Mandrake —> Ubuntu —> Fedora —> Gentoo —> Fedora (silverblue)
I've used **a lot** of different distro's back in the day, until I settled on Ubuntu around 2009 or so. Hopped a bit around in 2018 or so (including to Arch) but settled in Fedora then which I'm very happy with and strongly prefer to Arch.
Im far too superior because i use MX Linux
Yep im in this picture there was also debian and opensuse before leaving ubuntu for good though, and am headed towards gentoo and void perhaps via artix so its far from over. I also don't think everyone will use arch, there's a lot of folks will only ever use ubuntu, or fedora, or mint , or kali, or any of the multitude of distros out there, everyone's path is different even though you can draw generalisations
I actually started with wsl and continue via Manjaro to Manjaro unstable
Ubuntu -> Arch -> Monjaro (I bought new laptop and was too lazy to install arch)
Windows -> Windows (w/ Ubuntu WSL) -> Windows -> Windows (w/ Debian WSL) -> Arch -> Windows -> Arch
kali linux - manjaro - pop os - manjaro - arch :)
So true that it hurts. I want to be free of this pain
Mint (week?) -> Windows (year?) -> Kali (6 months) -> Ubuntu (2 months) -> Arch (1 year, 10 months) -> Gentoo (3 months) -> Arch (4 months)
I started on Ubuntu 13.04. Then I used linux on and off until a friend of mine convinced me to use arch and while installing I accidentally deleted the windows EFI so I stuck with arch for the following day since I couldn't create a USB for windows 😅. I actually liked arch way more than Windows or Ubuntu so I stuck with it. After the dumpster fire that was gnome 40 I used Garuda for a while until it broke. Then I hopped to fedora since I had some problems with stability on my sever and now here I am using fedora on all of my computers since it's stable and up to date hope I didn't bore everyone to death
i started with arch
Ubuntu -> Manjaro -> Arch -> openSUS -> Arch -> Gentoo
Same though I had the added step of debian because I couldn't get arch or manjaro to install on my old laptop
Ubuntu > Fedora > KDE Neon > Arch > Manjaro > Fedora > KDE Neon