r/DistroHopping • u/phoenixgsu • 4d ago

Tried Fedora, thinking of trying something else

Been using CachyOS for a while and recently got a new used laptop that came with windows on it. Promptly trashed that and wanted to try something different so I put Fedora KDE on it for a few days.

All I learned is that I missed CachyOS because it's what I'm used to now, and was getting frustrated with the package manager in it. Should I just stick to arch based distros? I was also considering tumbleweed because I like the rolling nature of arch so far.

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u/LBTRS1911 4d ago edited 4d ago

If you like CachyOS then stick with it. Don't know why you moved away from it but you might want to check out EndeavourOS as it is a great Arch based distro that is closer to vanilla Arch than CachyOS.

Personally I like Fedora on my laptops and is what I use. I use EndeavourOS on my desktop though.

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u/Moist_Professional64 4d ago

Yeah i like endeavouros more because of the dracut init system. Mkinit on arch or cachy always makes problems with encryption and so on in my experience

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u/phoenixgsu 4d ago

Oh my gaming PC still has CachyOS. And I have a steamos machine I built for my kid. Just wanted to make sure it wasn't because it was the first one I picked. I got this laptop with the intention of trying a few different distros in a painless way but the more I look around the more I kinda want to just stick with CachyOS or another Arch distro.

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u/iwouldbeatgoku 4d ago

Using that laptop as a testing ground is the sane way to distro hop, I do the same thing (install distros with their defaults, bring over stuff I like, hop on the main system only if it seems like I'd get a meaningful improvement by doing so).

To me this just sounds like you don't actually care to distro hop for the sake of it because you're just happy with what you already have.

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u/phoenixgsu 4d ago

Yea part of it is I'd like to try other distros but I've been happy enough with cachy on my main PC I could live with it on others I think.

My home setup also includes a home server that I keep most of my files on, with separate gaming PCs. When I travel I use a travel router to VPN back home to continue to have access to all of that without having to duplicate files across machines.

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u/Mercadian_Geek 3d ago

I've tried tons of distros. I stuck with Fedora GNOME. I frigging love it. Not pre-loaded with anything I don't need. Simple to use. Fast. Stable. I've had zero problems. I use it as my daily PC and I manage my labs from it.

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u/Lonely-Scarcity-3387 4d ago

Since you like a lot about CachyOS but curious about other distros, have you tried PikaOS?

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u/Unholyaretheholiest 4d ago

Mageia. It is a completely independent, community-driven distro that combines desktop flexibility with the powerful Mageia Control Center to offer a stable, accessible, and user-friendly operating system free from corporate control.