EndeavourOS 2021.08
Arch Linux is beginning to rival Ubuntu as the starting point for modern distros. Neil Bothwick looks at one such distro.
IN BRIEF
EndeavourOS is a community distro based on Arch Linux, but made easier to get into thanks to the slick graphical installer, with a wide choice of desktops available to pick and choose from when installing. Created following the demise of Antergos, there really is something to suit everyone. Clean looks and helpful documentation round out this worthy distro contender.
T ime was that when you installed a Linux distro, you got to choose what was installed. Distros like Ubuntu changed that so the current approach for most distros is to install a standard desktop and set of packages and let you change things later. This is faster but less flexible and has led to the existence of separate versions of distros for different desktops, such as Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Lubuntu and so on. EndeavourOS gives the best of both worlds by giving you a choice of online or offline installations.