I just moved from Manjaro Linux to EndeavourOS
I’ve been on Manjaro Linux for a good ten plus years now and been pretty happy with it. Not only that, but I love the rolling distro type updates as there has been no need to ever reinstall the OS. The problem with that is a mass of tweaks as well as software crud you collect over the years. So I felt that it was probably time for a change, and at the same time, for a re-installation, at least as far as the apps and the main configs go. I have long had a separate partition for my /home directory with all my user data and app config settings.
One other reason that prompted the change, and yes it was partly the Manjaro company changes that sparked this thinking, but Manjaro does hold back new packages for testing for 2 to 3 weeks. If you do not use the AUR (really does anyone not use it on an Arch based distro?), then this is great for stability. Many AUR packages are also not going to be an issue if they are stable releases, but if you have ventured into git releases for example for OBS Studio, then the Manjaro “way” can break these packages. Once I knew this I drastically pruned back on any git releases where I could. And therefore Manjaro has still worked well for me.
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I just moved from Manjaro Linux to EndeavourOS
I've been on Manjaro Linux for a good ten plus years now and been pretty happy with it. Not only that, but I love the rolling distro type updates as there has been no need to ever reinstall the OS. The problem with that is a mass of tweaks as well as software crud you...
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