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'

kvorschk · 2023-07-02 08:28:34

I have run a ton of distro's off and on from 2001 to 2018. None of them ever really stuck and I kept going back to windows. I decided to give linux another shot and tried elementary. When I realized all the questions I had were answered in the Arch wiki, I installed it instead and have been using it as my main ever since. I use it on all my servers, desktops and laptops. I even have my 7 year old running it. I have admin'd and built a few networks. I could never see myself running another os again. If Arch were to ever die I will be forced to finally go LFS.

ectospasm · 2023-07-02 12:07:58

kvorschk wrote:

If Arch were to ever die I will be forced to finally go LFS.

There's always Gentoo, before you get to LFS. At least Gentoo has proper package management, which you don't get with LFS.

kvorschk · 2023-07-02 15:52:55

ectospasm wrote:

kvorschk wrote:
If Arch were to ever die I will be forced to finally go LFS.
There's always Gentoo, before you get to LFS. At least Gentoo has proper package management, which you don't get with LFS.

It's funny. I almost never consider it when I have had the thought, "what if Arch dies?" I may have to install it on one of my spared this weekend and finally check it out. Thanks for the idea!

ewaller · 2023-07-02 16:13:42

kvorschk wrote:

[ I may have to install it on one of my spared this weekend and finally check it out. Thanks for the idea!

You've never tried it before, have you? Hint: You may want to allocate more than a weekend to the task.
I love Gentoo, I really do. But a cold install from an empty disk? Plan on a week.

dnim · 2023-07-08 01:13:03

I get everything done with Arch, gaming, productivity, general browsing, etc. Exactly the UX I want.

USPMAN1.3 · 2023-07-13 04:56:21

I’ve been using Arch as my daily driver since 2018. Started with Manjaro then Arco and a little with EndeavorOS.
Out of the Arch distros I think EndeavorOS is the best and makes Arch accessible to newer users.

And most recently I switched my daily driver laptop and PC to vanilla arch installed from scratch. Besides some theming and extra apps EndeavorOS is so close to vanilla arch.

I run a Nvidia GTX 1080ti on my main machine. I’m not much of a gamer anymore but it runs CS:GO flawlessly and a few other non-Linux games. I’ll never go back to Windows or Mac.

I do video editing, image/photo editing, and all my coding on Arch Linux.

I highly recommend everyone try Doom EMacs for coding and text editing!

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Seacat17 · 2023-07-26 19:53:18

Just "yes". I love Arch. I had some experience with Linux already so when one cool guy asked me to give it a try - I did. And I'm happy.

francesco · 2023-07-27 04:36:35

I use Arch as a daily driver as well.
I started using Linux in general a year or so ago, and started using Arch as a daily driver three months ago.
Arch in school is awesome, I can do everything I did with Windows, just... faster and better, even the screenreader is snappier! furthermore my laptops battery lasts me forever.
I do have a win 10 VM set-up with quickemu for emergencies and a single app, that's it. Just need to learn latex and emax with emacspeak and I'll be golden!

diyfan · 2023-09-02 15:24:02

I do

Utini · 2023-09-07 13:18:42

Yes - Although with a constant opened RDP connection to my companies Windows Server.

This way I am fully integrated into my companies local network and Microsoft world (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Windows Drive Shares,...).
It is a bit tricky (e.g. with multi monitor usage, transferring files between RDP server and my laptop,...) but performance is fine.
So in that way my Arch setup is basically just the host of a Windows VM environment.

Besides that I do everything else I can on Arch.

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thoushaltnot · 2023-09-24 21:02:52

I'm running Arch as my daily driver - gaming, watching youtube and all that normal stuff people do with their home PCes. Ironically, it's the only distro that just works - no package manager breakages, no freezes etc.

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