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What do y'all recommend as an arch based distro? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/linux@lemmy.world
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(I'm not rawdogging it. I do not know enough about linux to install one of the rawest forms of it.)

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[–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

I feel that. Windows gives me the creeps since 8.1. Recently I setup a new Win11 machine and it took all day to get everything configured including figuring out how to turn off all the telemetry and spyware. I'll use it for work but I don't even like it on my network.

Arch from scratch sounds like an adventure. But there are many good arch spins like Garuda that make it easy, no drama.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Arch from scratch sounds like an adventure.

    I enjoy front-end configuration (Win11 doesn't allow the taskbar on top, a non starter for me), for everything else around the OS/DE, I want zero adventures. I want it to be as boring as possible.

    One other big issue for me is that it seems the last version of Office that works somewhat well via emulation (Codeweavers) is Microsoft Office 2013. This is ancient release and there are lot of must have features in later releases if use Word/Excel/Powerpoint in a professional capacity.

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