(No provocation)

I see these reasons:

  • newbie
  • lazy (don’t wanna edit config files etc.)
  • unique features (like assistant/toolbox, some optimizations like in cachyos)
  • wanna check how different systems are set up (that’s rather distrohopping)

Personally, I used manjaro i3 when I was beigginer and wanted to see how tiling WM should be configured (check out ranger config, for example). But after some time, I don’t see reasons why not to just customize pure arch (same with debian and debian-based distros).

  • Victor@lemmy.world
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    12 hours ago

    I would have to learn how to install Arch

    I didn’t know how until I did it. There’s a very comprehensive guide that you follow. If you can follow the recipe for cookie batter and manage to make the cookies, you’ll be able to install Arch. 🤟

    what packages I need, what are the ups and downs of the various packages for handling the same things, resolve any conflicts I accidentally created, and then I can get to installing the things I actually want.

    To be fair that’s something you’d have to do regardless of distro, even on Windows. Learning which tools you like takes like half a career worth of time.