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So I installed EndeavourOS ...

… and I absolutely love it.

After my previous post where I asked for advice on distros I have tried Mint and EndeavourOS first as VM’s and afterwards I gave them their own partition and tried it on my real hardware.

Something about EndeavourOS just sat right though and I promptly replaced my windows install with it. KDE Plasma also blows me away with the amount of customisation that is possible.

I’ve spent some time configuring today but mostly aesthetic stuff as my hardware worked 95% out of the box. Some odd dependencies were missing for steam to work properly but I’m really not missing anything that windows had right now.

I’m curious how my uni workflow will look like now, but I’m sure I can make it work.

Thanks a lot for the support and advice you’ve given me. I really love the community on here.

I’ll get back to customising my bash prompt now. 😄

Edit: Due to popular demand:

I use Arch, btw.

vlad76 ,
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Is it like Manjaro without the bloat?

ayaya ,
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A major difference is Manjaro has its own repos which has a tendency to break AUR packages, while EndeavourOS uses the normal Arch repos. Endeavour is pretty much just pre-configured Arch so it bypasses a lot of the issues with security and stability that Manhjaro suffers from.

IMO I still think people should just use vanilla Arch so they can customize everything to the fullest but EndeavourOS is a decent option.

prof OP ,
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I think EndeavourOS profits greatly from being so close to Arch, because right now every fix that worked for an Arch user also worked for me.

vlad76 ,
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Oh nice! I like Arch because of AUR, but I’m too lazy to go through the setup again, so I’ll definitely try this.

ayaya ,
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If you want to be really cheeky it is quite easy to “convert” EndeavourOS into Arch.

LeFantome ,

Looking at that script, most of it is just changing what the OS reports itself to be and what themes to use. Of course, it also removes the EndeavourOS specific repo and mirror-list. Still, this script is a pretty good illustration of how little difference there is between EndeavourOS and Arch once installed.

ayaya ,
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That was part of my reason for linking it, and also why I put “convert” in quotes. It really is just Arch pre-configured and with some themes and some extra utilities.

I actually didn’t know they had their own repo until I took a look yesterday and not only is it tiny but it seems to be mostly themes, configs, and/or tools. I don’t think they even have alt versions of existing packages, just additions.

Owljfien ,

I’ve seen it described as an arch gui installer, I’m not knowledgeable enough to confirm nor deny that

mortrek ,

It’s a little more than that, but not much more. It installs common packages that someone might need for a functioning GUI and has some helpers specific to EndeavourOS installed as well. It basically makes it trivial to install “Arch”.

unwillingsomnambulist ,

More like purple Arch, but you don’t have to mess with your date/time because the certificates don’t break, and you can install stuff from the AUR without worrying about breaking your system.

LeFantome ,

It is Manjaro without the break.

greybeard ,

You mentioned customizing your bash prompt, I recommend checking out OhMyBash. github.com/ohmybash/oh-my-bash.

Alternatively, zsh is also good, and a little bit more modern. I still haven’t found a solution that uses modern keyboard shortcuts and text entry functions. Even zsh things like shift+arrows and ctrl+arrows are an after market hack.

peedub ,
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And the zsh equivalent Oh My Zsh

ToNIX ,

I’m a big fan of fish personally.

Cyberflunk ,

Ikr? Best user experience.

greybeard ,

I’ve heard of it but never checked it out. It will be worth a check at least.

prof OP ,
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This will send me down another 4h rabbit hole today, thanks 😬

lord_ryvan ,

It sounds like you’re right at home in the Linux community!

brihuang95 ,
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This is pretty neat, what are some of the plugins you like to use with OhMyBash?

prof OP ,
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In case you’re interested I’ve tried out a few things and kinda settled on fish, but will still use bash for scripting.

Neil ,
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    prof OP ,
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    I already do, haha 😄

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