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What distros have you tried and thought, "Nope, this one's not for me"? (feddit.uk)

submitted 11 months ago by case_when@feddit.uk to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I've been using Linux Mint since forever. I've never felt a reason to change. But I'm interested in what persuaded others to move.

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[–] miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

never really bothered with the spinoffs, as the model of Arch makes them useless and more problematic to deal with

I highly enjoy using EndeavourOS. But then again, I wouldn't classify it as a spinoff, it's pretty much vanilla Arch, but purple.

Now Manjaro on the other hand... Tried it and understood why so many people don't like it within the first week.

[–] tutus@links.hackliberty.org 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Now Manjaro on the other hand... Tried it and understood why so many people don't like it within the first week.

I see this a lot and nobody really ever explains, properly, why.

I have used Linux off and on for many years (mainly server OS such as RHEL and CentOS). I have now migrated from Windows desktop to Manjaro KDE. Using it for a year. Had one issue (wouldn't boot after a kernel update), which I sorted quickly. Other than that it's been rock solid.

But this isn't a 'I have a great experience so you're all just haters' post.

I know the stuff about it being a week or behind Arch. I remember something about the maintainers (can't remember specifics) but they seem to be minor niggles that don't affect most people.

Genuine question.

Why do you dislike Manjaro? I also know it's a common theme to dislike it, so any other insight there?

[–] Illecors@lemmy.cafe 1 points 11 months ago

Not the guy you asked, but my 2 main gripes are:

holding back main repos and not aur? That's dumb and just asking for trouble.
sheer incompetence. Remember their certs expiring? Remember their public recommended workaround? That's webdev level of bs. They absolutely do not understand their own setup.