Is there anybody whose had experience with both?

I’m trying to decide if I want to go back to Manjaro or get into Endeavour.

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It’s really not that hard to follow the wiki to install Arch. I feel like there’s a lot of maintaining to do when using Arch, so you might as well get used to the terminal. It wasn’t really an issue when I was using it daily, but has become a chore now that I boot up my laptop once or twice a month.

Funnily enough, I’m always on my Steam Deck now and that is based on Arch, too.

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You have to remember that most people aren’t power users. A lot of people find if difficult to even install Windows. Vanilla Arch isn’t for everybody.

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Honestly, in that case, I can’t recommend Arch to those users. Nothing wrong with Ubuntu for beginners and there’s so much documentation.

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Is it? I thought SteamOS was based on Debian

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Since SteamOS 3 it’s based on Arch

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I did not know that. Thanks!

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There’s a years old Debian-based version available for download, but the version that ships on Steam Deck is significantly different and based on Arch.

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