Not another Linux distro! Oh, go on, try it.
by beachboy2 from LinuxQuestions.org on (#566R1)
Whilst looking on Distrowatch I came across a review for EndeavourOS, an Arch-based rolling release distribution:
https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?i...0511#endeavour
The reader reviews were also extremely positive:
https://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?re...stro=endeavour
Just for fun I decided to install it on a spare hard drive and see how it performed.
I used Etcher to burn the downloaded ISO to a USB flash drive:
https://www.balena.io/etcher/
I was pleasantly surprised by the Calamares graphical installer which was simple to use and offered a choice of either online or offline installation. The latter option can be very useful to some.
I had previously formatted the drive as GPT and I next used Calamares to create a 512MiB UEFI boot partition (/boot/efi), flagged as boot. I then made 3 further partitions for root, swap and /home.
In Package Selection I chose the Base installation and Printing, together with MATE from the 9 available Desktop Environments.
I also noticed that there was a separate nvidia installer.
The installation proceeded and I then used the Welcome Tool (see attached screenshot) to Update Mirrors, Update System and Add More Apps (I chose LibreOffice and Firewall).
There is also a Log Tool which is useful for sending reports to a forum:
Code: sudo pacman -S eos-log-toolThe log file is created in /home/username/eos-log-tool.logs.
The current kernel is 5.7.10 which is useful for those with recent hardware.
More reviews:
https://www.maketecheasier.com/endeavouros-review/
https://linuxinsider.com/story/endea...ion-86638.html
In summary, I find EndeavourOS a solid, fast, lightweight distro which is growing on me more and more. I recommend giving it a try.
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https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?i...0511#endeavour
The reader reviews were also extremely positive:
https://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?re...stro=endeavour
Just for fun I decided to install it on a spare hard drive and see how it performed.
I used Etcher to burn the downloaded ISO to a USB flash drive:
https://www.balena.io/etcher/
I was pleasantly surprised by the Calamares graphical installer which was simple to use and offered a choice of either online or offline installation. The latter option can be very useful to some.
I had previously formatted the drive as GPT and I next used Calamares to create a 512MiB UEFI boot partition (/boot/efi), flagged as boot. I then made 3 further partitions for root, swap and /home.
In Package Selection I chose the Base installation and Printing, together with MATE from the 9 available Desktop Environments.
I also noticed that there was a separate nvidia installer.
The installation proceeded and I then used the Welcome Tool (see attached screenshot) to Update Mirrors, Update System and Add More Apps (I chose LibreOffice and Firewall).
There is also a Log Tool which is useful for sending reports to a forum:
Code: sudo pacman -S eos-log-toolThe log file is created in /home/username/eos-log-tool.logs.
The current kernel is 5.7.10 which is useful for those with recent hardware.
More reviews:
https://www.maketecheasier.com/endeavouros-review/
https://linuxinsider.com/story/endea...ion-86638.html
In summary, I find EndeavourOS a solid, fast, lightweight distro which is growing on me more and more. I recommend giving it a try.
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