[kwlug-disc] MX Linux - is it good to install on a laptop

[Mingde (Matthew) Zeng]

Remi Gauvin <remi at georgianit.com> writes:

> On 2021-04-13 9:50 p.m., Mingde (Matthew) Zeng wrote:
>>
>> Feel free to check the Arch Wiki, it is arguably the best wiki on Linux you can find on the internet: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Laptop/Lenovo
>>
>> Since you're new to Linux, I won't recommend you the Arch Linux, but I do recommend an Arch-flavored distro, such as Manjaro, it is pretty beginner-friendly too.
>>
>> The biggest advantage of using an Arch-flavored distro is that, besides the fact that you have the entire Arch Wiki at your disposal, you also get access to AUR - Arch User Repository, that will ease your pain with installation of *many* programs and software that you'll very likely to encounter in the future.
>>
>
> I've been using Manjaro here for the past 6 months, and I'll have to
> disagree that it's a good choice for a new users.... vehemently.
>
> The Arch wiki is indeed one of the greatest documentation resources
> currently available..  As for the distro itself, however, the rolling
> release of desktop apps has frequently brought new severe bugs,
> (especially to KDE.),, and the AUR is a wasteland of broken scripts that
> don't successfully build the package as often as not... honestly, I have
> better success building software from source the old fashioned way.  In
> no way does the AUR compare to the vast resources of Ubuntu packages for
> new users, (including the PPA's), so I would suggest Linux Mint for new
> users.  (though MX linux is also a solid choice, and currently my
> favorite distro overall.  It has great tools that no one else has.)
>

Really?! I've moved to Manjaro KDE since late 2019 and I don't recall running into any (major enough to remember till today) problem with the rolling release or the AUR, hmmm.

If that's the case, sure, you can't go wrong with Ubuntu-flavored distros.

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