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I personally solved this by switching to antergos (which is based on arch, but fully usable out of the box). Been running the same installation without any prob

I personally solved this by switching to antergos (which is based on arch, but fully usable out of the box). Been running the same installation without any problems for about 5 years now, completely updated irregularly. Using "stable" distros makes little sense for other than complete newbies and enterprise-like critical usage and such imo. If you don't need bleeding edge stuff they are a good choice though, but for average users modern rolling releases are definitely stable enough. The freedom is there.

monetus 8y ago
I've been eyeing antergos. Any hardware problems along the way?
- vytviytffdpoi 8y ago
  Hardware support is pretty solid, since the kernel, like all packages, is fairly up to date. There's also an option to install proprietary GPU drivers out of the box. And when reinstalling an old ThinkPad, it was also the only distro among the few I had handy that actually came with the correct Intel wifi firmware so I could, you know, install. Two thumbs up for Antergos.
  - ekianjo 8y ago
    Antergos is not a standalone distro though. Its just an installer for Arch.
- franey 8y ago
  I've been using Antergos for years now. It's a great way to get Arch on a machine. I just replaced my GPU today. I ran `sudo pacman -S nvidia`, rebooted, and I was good to go. As an aside: Arch isn't as "bleeding edge" as some people would have you believe. They have a testing repository, so packages get vetted before making it into the main package repositories. They often wait for a point-release of some software (like Gnome Shell) to help ensure that only stable versions make it in. Plus, the Arch wiki is the most useful Linux resource I've found. I reference it even when I'm using an Ubuntu machine.
- ekianjo 8y ago
  nope but install of antergos is always borked in some way. Its actually faster to install arch linux from the command line and fairly easy anyway.
phosphophyllite 8y ago
Bleeding edge is development branch of some app like canary builds of chrome. New version of Gimp available for all windows users at day one after release is not bleeding edge - it's just normal new release. Meaning of "bleeding edge" and "stable" became strangely twisted in linux community. New version of browser is not bleeding edge - it just normal life cycle of modern software (year 2019).

monetus 8y ago

I've been eyeing antergos. Any hardware problems along the way?

vytviytffdpoi 8y ago
Hardware support is pretty solid, since the kernel, like all packages, is fairly up to date. There's also an option to install proprietary GPU drivers out of the box. And when reinstalling an old ThinkPad, it was also the only distro among the few I had handy that actually came with the correct Intel wifi firmware so I could, you know, install. Two thumbs up for Antergos.
- ekianjo 8y ago
  Antergos is not a standalone distro though. Its just an installer for Arch.
franey 8y ago
I've been using Antergos for years now. It's a great way to get Arch on a machine. I just replaced my GPU today. I ran `sudo pacman -S nvidia`, rebooted, and I was good to go. As an aside: Arch isn't as "bleeding edge" as some people would have you believe. They have a testing repository, so packages get vetted before making it into the main package repositories. They often wait for a point-release of some software (like Gnome Shell) to help ensure that only stable versions make it in. Plus, the Arch wiki is the most useful Linux resource I've found. I reference it even when I'm using an Ubuntu machine.
ekianjo 8y ago
nope but install of antergos is always borked in some way. Its actually faster to install arch linux from the command line and fairly easy anyway.

phosphophyllite 8y ago

Bleeding edge is development branch of some app like canary builds of chrome. New version of Gimp available for all windows users at day one after release is not bleeding edge - it's just normal new release. Meaning of "bleeding edge" and "stable" became strangely twisted in linux community. New version of browser is not bleeding edge - it just normal life cycle of modern software (year 2019).