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(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).

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[โ€“] Junkers_Klunker@feddit.dk 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Yea sometimes I like my stubbornness, but Iโ€™m not sure it was this one ๐Ÿ™ƒ

[โ€“] LostWanderer@fedia.io 1 points 1 hour ago

LOL I mean situationally, stubbornness is a boon and a bane wrapped in one! I'm glad you succeeded, but, the cost was likely fairly high in the moment after that success. I would've loved to have succeeded because I could truly say, "I use Arch, BTW." Right now, I say, "I use Garuda with Batteries Included, BTW." Not as catchy.