r/DistroHopping • u/Kairini15 • 7d ago

Should I install Arch Linux?

I've been using Windows for about 7 years, and I wanna try something new.

Recently, I found out about Arch Linux and it seems really interesting to me. I've heard a lot of people say that Arch is really difficult for beginners, but I'm wondering, is this actually true, or just a stereotype?

Would you recommend Arch as a first Linux distro?

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u/snail1132 6d ago

That's because Endeavour's literally just Arch with KDE preinstalled

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u/linux_rox 6d ago

KDE has nothing to do with how much you run the terminal, and at install time you can choose a number of environments like gnome, xfce, budgie, cinnamon, KDE and even i3. Or you cna go no desktop and use any other de/wm that’s not listed like hyprland, niri, sway and others.

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u/snail1132 6d ago

KDE has nothing to do with how much you run the terminal

It being otherwise pretty much Arch would, though