Hi, sorry if this isn’t the right place for this question. I’ve been using Linux Mint Cinnamon for about 9 months now and have also been experimenting with an Ubuntu GNOME Wayland session for the past month or so. I don’t really like distro-hopping, but using X11 isn’t cutting it for me. After giving GNOME an honest shot, I don’t think it’s for me. However, Wayland has been stellar. I would prefer to keep using LM Cinnamon, but I have a dual monitor setup that use different refresh rates which has been causing issues.

I’m interested in Arch, but I’m slightly concerned about the frequent comments regarding things breaking during updates. Also, is maintaining an Arch install heavy on time consumption? I’m not opposed to reading the wiki and spending time here and there to keep things working. However, I’m a bit hesitant if I were to run into an issue that may be more complicated than I may be prepared for. That said, generally I do like the higher skill ceiling options, if that makes sense in this context.

Tumbleweed seems more beginner friendly from what I’ve read so far. While I do generally enjoy challenges, having a smoother day-to-day experience does certainly have it’s own appeal.

I would primarily be doing some gaming (this would be a mix of more recent AAA titles along with less demanding ones) and programming, along with the usual stuff you’d expect on a desktop setup. I have a Ryzen 5 3600 processor, an AMD 6650 XT GPU, and 16 gb RAM if that information helps. Thanks in advance; if this isn’t the right place, I’ll delete the post.

Update: I have installed EndeavourOS and things have been smooth so far. The installer was very straightforward, and setup was extremely quick. I have started reinstalling various programs which were part of my original workflow with very minimal issues. The issues primarily came from adjusting to pacman syntax. I also have a series of notes regarding what I have installed and how. Cheers, and thanks for your input, everyone. I will be sticking with Gnome for the time being.

  • 🧟‍♂️ Cadaver
    2•10 months ago

    You might want to try an arch-based distro rather than Arch itself. Arch has been low maintenance for me, but it was long to set-up.

    I like it that way but some don’t.

    But if you intend to use KDE with wayland, good luck. It’s quite stable but still not there. It might have made me lose some hair over things that weren’t working as expected - whereas on GNOME it was all smooth.

    • daredevilOP
      1•10 months ago

      But if you intend to use KDE with wayland, good luck. It’s quite stable but still not there. It might have made me lose some hair over things that weren’t working as expected - whereas on GNOME it was all smooth.

      This is very useful information, thank you. I’ll keep looking into GNOME.