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Arch Linux limitations? (programming.dev)
submitted 5 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by staircase@programming.dev to c/linux@programming.dev
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I'm curious about trying Arch Linux, but I want to know what's difficult or impossible with it first, as that's usually what stops me sticking with a distro.

I'm particularly interested in software/driver support. For example, NVIDIA doesn't mention Arch in its CUDA download page.

UPDATE: OK it sounds like Arch is for bleeding edge. That sounds fun, but I like things simple and reliable, so I'll still with Ubuntu. I might run Arch on my secondary drive, or toy with it in Docker.

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[–] SheeEttin@lemmy.zip 8 points 5 days ago

You don't want Arch then. I'm sure other people will chime in with recommendations. I'm hesitant to make desktop recommendations because I mostly use Linux on the server, and I've never used an atomic distro or similar. But you probably want something mainstream, stable, and well-supported like Fedora.