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> I can't imagine having to deal with this kind of things on a daily-basis while trying to actually get stuff done. I switched from Windows to Arch Linux on Th
by jackstraw14 4y ago
> I can't imagine having to deal with this kind of things on a daily-basis while trying to actually get stuff done.
I switched from Windows to Arch Linux on Thinkpads for about 15 years and had a great time and learned a lot, but dealing with things on a daily basis was why I switched back to Windows 10 a few years ago, along with a new gaming habit during the pandemic. Gaming on Linux with Steam is wonderful these days, but the daily overhead of random stuff to deal with was too much when sometimes I just want to play games.
- Lewton 4y agoYou specifically chose a high maintenance distro? I'm running linux mint and I haven't had to fiddle with anything for years
- jackstraw14 4y ago> You specifically chose a high maintenance distro? I guess so? Overall Arch was pretty easy to maintain, I just got tired of bailing on friends because I needed to spend hours figuring out some random issue.
- nunodonato 4y agoyeah... bad choice :) if you wanted the Arch ecossystem without all the manual work you could have picked Manjaro or other arch-based distro
- jackstraw14 4y agoI did try Manjaro, it was definitely more user-friendly. Still not what I was looking for, unfortunately.