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Arch isn't just an operating system but a way of life.
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I've been on Garuda for a few years (Arch based) and honestly, it's been super easy. Once Pamac was installed to handle software and updates, learning about AUR and how to access it was the only remotely technical thing I had to learn.
Yeah, some things are in different places than on Windows, but we all had to learn Windows at one point too.
This drastically recontextualizes all of the "I use Arch BTW" memes. π
I chose Arch as my first distro last year and it's chugging along fine. It works just like any other computer imo.
I chose Arch as my first and only distro 13 years ago. Only had system breaking problems a handful of times in that span. They were all because I fucked something up playing with files I shouldn't have. These are all tired memes from old reputations. Pay attention to what you're doing and you'll be fine.
Debian might be good for servers, but try using it for work other than server-side stuff. Try installing a productivity application, so you're not 2 years behind with it! Try plugging in new hardware! Now the tables have turned.
I've been working and gaming on Debian for the past few years after Ubuntu started getting annoying with snap, don't really see any issues with it
Only when I installed it on my new work laptop I had to be like 1 month on sid because of hardware compatibility
One of my devices is an offline device that I bring online every few months for updates (my VPN only gives me limited spots, so some devices take turns using the VPN). I guarantee you updates this infrequent would break most distros, including Arch. But since I use an atomic/immutable distro, it works every time.
This is what's so great about atomic distros. Super reliable and hard to break. Just set and forget.
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Fedora baybee!
Maximum hardware enablement,
Minimum game breaking bugs.
New Kernals all the time.
~~Community focused distro with no corporate interference~~
~~I can watch all of my "Linux Isos" I torrented out of the box~~
Logo is cool infinity F.
I wish there was a newbie-friendly distro that didn't use Systemd.
I can vouch for MX Linux. It supports both systemd and sysvinit, letting you choose which one you'd like to install on your machine. Daily drove it on my old laptop with the XFCE desktop and I was very happy with it.
I think that ship has sailed. Too much stuff relies on it now.
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That's exactly what it is. I think most of modern computing is just severe OCD and digital hoarding.
Debian <3
I mean, if you're worried about rolling release...
pacman -S linux-lts linux-lts-headers