If I developed a Linux app I would absolutely package it as a flatpak. If a package is in pacman, however, I see no reason to use the flatpak version instead.
If I developed a Linux app I would absolutely package it as a flatpak. If a package is in pacman, however, I see no reason to use the flatpak version instead.
I had the opposite experience. I have been using EndeavourOS on my desktop since November, zero issues. This weekend I’ve been distro hopping on my old MacBook pro and almost every distro had a problem. Some didn’t boot, other had wifi issues, trackpad issues, keyboard volume keys not working, high CPU usage… EndeavourOS was the only one I tried that just worked out of the box with no issues
EndeavourOS has been a wonderful experience for me, can’t recommend it enough.
Since when does EndeavourOS supply a GUI package manager? They don’t even have Discover installed out of the box.
I don’t think it’s more confusing than Arch, if you know how to maintain Arch then you’re not gonna have any trouble at all.
I agree that their eos popup is a bit meh but you can just press the “Don’t show me again” button and be done with it
EndeavourOS is basically Arch with an easy installer and reasonable defaults. Don’t expect it to be more than it is!
Which one is a concern you share?
My main concern is trust. How can I trust that the Manjaro team is competent when they can’t keep up with something as simple as certificates. You say they helped the AUR but they actually DDOS’d it several times due to problems in pamac
the software store they developed. By using Manjaro, you are saying that you trust the Manjaro team more than the Arch team, since you are using their repositories. Their actions do not inspire trust on me.
Arch actually has an unstable branch, that is “bleeding edge”. Most people run Arch on the stable branch, which is perfectly fine. You can run into problems, but so far I have never encountered any. Holding packages for “stability” is a neat idea but if the Firefox and Arch team deemed the new browser version to be stable, that’s good enough for me. I don’t see the Manjaro devs as having more competence to judge such things than the Arch community and the software devs.
This is a pointless discussion anyway, I’m not changing my mind and neither are you but all least now you know where I’m coming from. Cheers.
It’s not nonsense, just concerns that you don’t seem to have. Which is fine, really. If Manjaro is perfect for you, keep using it. No judging here.
I personally don’t like Manjaro holding out on package updates, Arch stable branch is more than good enough for me. Everything else can be easily installed if you want to. Therefore, there’s really no reason for me personally to recommend Manjaro.
Just because it’s wildly used it doesn’t mean it’s the best, otherwise you’d be suggesting OP to install Windows 10.
Manjaro has several legit criticism. Maybe they’re not important to you, but they are still legit and relevant points to make. Personally, I ended up going with an Arch derivative that uses the official arch repos. Everything else you like in Manjaro can be easily installed.
I use Linux servers on my job and I did a ton of research. I felt confident in moving from Windows to Linux and for the most part it went very well. Most distributions provide a live environment and the installer is extremely easy.
I had a ton of small little problems with Nvidia, Wayland, audio… I ended up fixing most of them, or at least apply some workarounds but it was a painful experience.
Gaming works really really really well, which I found surprising.
Even good developers make mistakes. It’s really nice to catch these mistakes at compile time.
Having free and open source software is not enough for some people. The dev needs to publish it in a Foss platform, use a Foss operative system, a Foss ide, mild political views. Free, quality and high maintained software is not good enough these days. /s
But why go through those hoops? What is the advantage Debian brings when you have to cherry pick packages and their dependencies from Sid? Stability is no longer an advantage when you are cherry picking from Sid lol.
You can also install “app stores” on arch, if you so desire. I believe the most famous one is pamac
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You can configure the firewall with the KDE GUI, you don’t need additional knowledge than the one you’d already need for any other system.
I wouldn’t recommend Arch for newbies with no technical background but I feel like EndeavourOS is very simple to install and use.
Yeah but what’s the point of using Debian when you’re going to have to manually package newer versions of a lot of software?
What problems do you have on Ubuntu? What software is too out of date? Why do you need LTS for a workstation?
My hope, for proton, would be improved search functionality. Currently search only works for email subject, not body. It’s really lackluster.
Is the search functionality improved in the desktop app?
As for the browser I’m going to assume it’s my bad. My MBP no longer has browser updates and I incorrectly assumed it to be the case for the 2014 model as well. My bad.
Regarding the performance difference, it really is true. I thought my macbook was just filled with junk but even after (painfully) reinstalling everything it remained just as slow. Note that “everything” is basically a web development stack without a database, nothing too cluttered.
I used to get the spinning wheel all the time, never had it on any of the distros I’ve since installed on my MBP. Don’t like Arch? No problem, there’s plently of choice out there. Whatever distro you want will probably work fine. It’s really fast but don’t take my word, try it yourself.
“Works flawlessly” and “primary way of interacting” are limited to your use cases and experience. Not even allowing me to install xcode is not flawless, it’s really dumb. The trackpad works good enough and I wouldn’t trade, say, security updates for an improved version 🤷
Running an out of date MacOS is a way, way worse experience.
You can’t update any browser
Laptop runs extremely slow
Installing software doesn’t always work, you have to search the web for a compatbile version. Notable case is xcode.
Installing Arch Linux on my old laptop greatly enhanced the experience. Everything works great, laptop is at least 3x faster.
it’s a far better experience than the half baked Linux support.
What support are you going to get on a 2014 macbook? Zero support.
Some distributions are easier than others. If you use Linux Mint you’ll be fine without a terminal.
User experience is never going to be Linux strong suit, it’s the ability to customize literally everything. I agree that the year of Linux is never going to happen but things have been improving.
A couple of years ago, in Portugal, there were more couples looking to adopt than “viable” children up for adoption. While your statement makes total sense, it may be a insensible option on your country. Make due research!