I think my pipeline was like Ubuntu > Kubuntu > Linux Mint > ElementaryOS (briefly) > Manjaro > Arch
I never pushed past into the Gentoo rabbit hole but i think settling on Arch has been the best move for my own setup.
Still tempted to try out Nix in the near future, the reproducibility of it just seems so nice to have as I usually forget to document changes I make and have to relearn some stuff when I do a clean Arch install somewhere.
Do we really need to bring that bullshit over from Reddit? Manjaro is fine, Arch is fine, distroshaming is for children.
i was hopeful for manjaro. bad management for sure
for me, Debian -> Ubuntu -> Arch -> Artix -> Void -> Gentoo. I’ll reach my final form when I finally run LFS.
I hate how weird the focus on arch installation is. I got attacked on reddit for calling endeavour arch. Like, I used that shitty method of installation in 1997, it’s tedious and there are better ways now.
Yeah people definitely go overboard with that. I think the only real problem is that Arch-based distros might be using other repositories and not be completely sync’d with Arch itself so then users will go to Arch support forums or communities with problems that don’t affect vanilla arch. But I’ve never really cared when people using derivatives claim they’re on an Arch system.
Installing isn’t even as big of an undertaking these days too, so it’s less of an achievement then people would like to think. Last time I did a clean install on my laptop I just ran the ‘arch-install’ script included on the vanilla ISO and it was super easy, lets you choose where you want it installed, pick from a list of desktop environments, and you pick between alternatives for other common packages then you’re good to go without having to do much manual work during the install itself.
