Good-bye Antergos Linux. Welcome to the Arch neighborhood, EndeavourOS. Here’s hoping that you are well received! That may seem like a strange way to begin this week’s Linux review discussion. After all, Linux distributions come and go far too often. However, the handoff from Antergos to EndeavourOS is significant. EndeavourOS rolled out its first stable release on July 15. It is a new Arch-based Linux distro that picks up where Antergos left off, in terms of seeking an easy-to-use online installer and modern user-friendlier Arch environment.
I'd held off on this one because of its early development status but went ahead today with an online install of their latest release. For me now it's the best 'Arch' experience to date. I chose the KDE desktop option and everything installed perfectly. The initial welcome app sorted out the local mirrors and updates and everything else I needed I got using the included Discover. So far so good but very impressed.
I read somewhere that AUR "helpers" are not for beginners as many would think. What are some thoughts on that? By anyone who wishes to reply? I'm not new to Linux but I'm not accustomed to Arch either. I'm not afraid of a terminal but if I have to spend hours to get something to work, I tend to just use Ubuntu. No offense to any Arch enthusiasts, but I just don't have the time to continuously fiddle. I do enjoy fiddling if I'm learning something, but it can't take forever, if you get what I'm talking about.
Newcomer EndeavourOS Offers a Friendlier Arch Linux Experience
Posted by: Jack M. Germain August 8, 2019 05:00 AMGood-bye Antergos Linux. Welcome to the Arch neighborhood, EndeavourOS. Here’s hoping that you are well received! That may seem like a strange way to begin this week’s Linux review discussion. After all, Linux distributions come and go far too often. However, the handoff from Antergos to EndeavourOS is significant. EndeavourOS rolled out its first stable release on July 15. It is a new Arch-based Linux distro that picks up where Antergos left off, in terms of seeking an easy-to-use online installer and modern user-friendlier Arch environment.