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Considering switching away from Fedora and to another distribution. Does anyone have any suggestions for distributions I should consider?

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[–] Dranadia@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Manjaro with KDE. I've only been running Linux for a month, and found Arch a bit intimidating, so to me Manjaro was the closest I dare fly to the sun. Really liking it so far.

[–] LeFantome@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I used to love Manjaro. It seems great when you use it. Word of warning though, it will break on you at some point. When it does, instead of abandoning Arch distros completely, consider giving EndeavourOS a shot.

[–] Dranadia@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the tips, and the heads up. EndeavourOS was on my list when I tried to figure out what to go for, so I'll definitely try that when Manjaro breaks.