Anybody using Arch as their daily driver?

jl2 · 2023-04-09 16:11:29

I use it in private, but it's pretty hard to use office365 on linux (i'm still in school, i'm slightly anoying everyone by running linux...). all the alternatives suck if i ask my cousin (also arch + w10 WM [no dualboot, seems to suck])
it runs perfectly on my older laptop, but i am having some slight issues on my newer (school) laptop(S3 sleep states + ...)

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alevisio · 2023-04-23 21:50:11

I'm running Arch on 4GB RAM so I'm not really using it for any of my daily "intensive" activities involving homework and stuff. It's just easier for me to use a Windows OS for that because my school requires Outlook

It's been great for casual browsing which is really all I'm looking for on that computer. The experience has been so lovely that the thought of wiping my more powerful systems and installing Arch is... tempting. I intend to make it my one and only one day, just not today I guess.

h_d33r · 2023-05-11 15:53:23

I have been daily driving Arch and EndeavourOS for more than a year, and so far I haven't had any problems doing my research work (medicinal chemistry). More than anything, I think I've become more productive than during my windows days, lol

madderhatter · 2023-05-23 22:06:55

I daily drive Arch Linux and my background is nothing more than a tinkerer in technology. I was introduced to desktop computing through Windows 3.11 and didn't make the switch to Linux fully until last year. This last month I set out determined to conquer the learning curve of Arch Linux coming from Pop OS! From my experience with distro hopping I know for a fact I won't be leaving Arch anytime soon. I'll distro hop in a VM instead because WOW this system blows me away for how great the performance is. I'm seeing massive performance gains in battery life and application loading it's insane! From fully powered off to the login screen is 10 seconds and 2 seconds more to load the desktop. This is the best desktop computing experience I have ever had. It's rock solid consistent too. I've tried EndeavourOS, Manjaro, and Garuda, and while not terrible they are definitely counterfeits to the real thing. The only downside I see to Arch is how many computing bucket list items it checked off for me. Kind of leaves a tinkerer without much left to do except use the system. I may actually have to go outside and socialize with people.....

Danct12 · 2023-05-25 05:24:22

I've been a happy Arch Linux user since 2017, started to use Antergos after a friend suggested in 2018 I started to finally reinstall my system using the archiso and been using the same install since then, even after I built my 5950x rig I still transferred the same install over. BTW, most of my computer runs Arch Linux, even on the 1st gen i3 system that I just cleaned up and was going to resell, that thing uses a mechanical hard drive still and it boots faster than Windows 7.

As for background, I'm pretty much a small developer and a tinkerer, mostly playing around with weird ARM devices and other weird stuff.

[2018-07-01 15:34] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -r /mnt -Sy --cachedir=/mnt/var/cache/pacman/pkg --noconfirm base'

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