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PayPalEasily one of the best ways to try out a form of Arch Linux, the popular EndeavourOS has a new release with Ganymede out now. Being careful with my wording not to attract the pitchforks from the pure Arch Linux crowd, EndeavourOS is mostly Arch Linux but with a simple to use installer and some packaging tweaks to make getting up and running simple with it.
So all the fresh upgrades you get from Arch Linux, wrapped up in an easy to use package. Now and then they release a big refresh of their ISO downloads, which bring various tweaks and now after some time waiting - their latest release Ganymede has officially arrived.
Pictured - EndeavourOS Ganymede
The live environment to play around with it and install it comes with:
- Calamares 25.11.1.9-1
- Firefox 145.0.1-1
- Linux 6.17.8.arch1-1
- Mesa 1:25.2.7-1
- xorg-server 21.1.20-1 (xorg)
- Nvidia-utils 580.105.08-4
- KDE Plasma 6.5.3
In the announcement they say it has significantly improved support for NVIDIA GPUs.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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I'd LOVE to see an Arch-based distro that give us a store-like experience for updates and software installs. It's frustrating that Arch is so obtuse that even tools like Discover (KDE's appstore) is "not recommended for use with Arch-based distros".
I'm on CachyOS now and it ships with Octopi, but that has multiple problems - the interface is probably worse than Synaptic, a thing I didn't believe possible. It doesn't handle the AUR, and it doesn't know about Flatpak. CachyOS does provide a one-stop "upgrade" tool (open a terminal and type "upgrade", ha!), but no GUI exists.
It's a problem, and one that's hand-waved away by dedicated Arch users who say "just use the terminal". I'm fine doing so, but it means that I wouldn't recommend an Arch distro to anyone, ever. You try Arch, tentatively, after years of Linux exposure, and you might still bounce of it because of this.
So, yeah, so frustrating. Powerful software, like Arch, shouldn't be (this) difficult to use.
I'm on CachyOS now and it ships with Octopi, but that has multiple problems - the interface is probably worse than Synaptic, a thing I didn't believe possible. It doesn't handle the AUR, and it doesn't know about Flatpak. CachyOS does provide a one-stop "upgrade" tool (open a terminal and type "upgrade", ha!), but no GUI exists.
It's a problem, and one that's hand-waved away by dedicated Arch users who say "just use the terminal". I'm fine doing so, but it means that I wouldn't recommend an Arch distro to anyone, ever. You try Arch, tentatively, after years of Linux exposure, and you might still bounce of it because of this.
So, yeah, so frustrating. Powerful software, like Arch, shouldn't be (this) difficult to use.
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Arch or arch based is not meant for you. It’s not hard to use the terminal at all or do a package search online.
Also the article is about endeavour os, not about your problems about a store or cachy os.
Also the article is about endeavour os, not about your problems about a store or cachy os.
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I've been using Endeavour for a while now. I like it enough that I started to install it on other computers in the house. Its not perfect by any means, and you still get the occasional Arch packages breakage. But considering how my older Ubuntu boxes keep breaking all the time because that distro is now an absolute mess (aw snap!), I can live with the occasional Arch problems.
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Quoting: MichelN86Arch or arch based is not meant for you. It’s not hard to use the terminal at all or do a package search online.
Also the article is about endeavour os, not about your problems about a store or cachy os.
Yeah, I should have said, I actually got into Arch because of Endeavour. It's a great O/S. I mentioned CachyOS here because it attempts to fix the issue of non-GUI software-centres by including Octopi, which isn't ditro-specific, but is pretty limited in what it can do address this lack.
Why do you say arch-based isn't for me? I've spent several years on Arch. But I'll ram home my point again, cos it looks like you missed it - powerful tools don't have to be obtuse and no-one befits from elitist attitudes that would prevent unlocking those powerful tools.
So it would be super-cool if someone took the idea of paman and actually presented the power of Arch in an approachable non-distro-specific way.
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fizzyizzy05 2 hours ago
Quoting: scaineI'd LOVE to see an Arch-based distro that give us a store-like experience for updates and software installs. It's frustrating that Arch is so obtuse that even tools like Discover (KDE's appstore) is "not recommended for use with Arch-based distros".
I'm on CachyOS now and it ships with Octopi, but that has multiple problems - the interface is probably worse than Synaptic, a thing I didn't believe possible. It doesn't handle the AUR, and it doesn't know about Flatpak. CachyOS does provide a one-stop "upgrade" tool (open a terminal and type "upgrade", ha!), but no GUI exists.
It's a problem, and one that's hand-waved away by dedicated Arch users who say "just use the terminal". I'm fine doing so, but it means that I wouldn't recommend an Arch distro to anyone, ever. You try Arch, tentatively, after years of Linux exposure, and you might still bounce of it because of this.
So, yeah, so frustrating. Powerful software, like Arch, shouldn't be (this) difficult to use.
This is the reason why, while not perfect by any means, I just stick with Fedora over Arch based distros. Everything generally works without much fucking around and it feels like a more polished and integrated experience.
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