I’ve been distrohopping for a while now, and eventually I landed on Arch. Part of the reason I have stuck with it is I think I had a balanced introduction, since I was exposed to both praise and criticism. We often discuss our favorite distros, but I think it’s equally important to talk about the ones that didn’t quite hit the mark for us because it can be very helpful.

So, I’d like to ask: What is your least favorite Linux distribution and why? Please remember, this is not about bashing or belittling any specific distribution. The aim is to have a constructive discussion where we can learn about each other’s experiences.

My personal least favorite is probably Manjaro.

Consider:

  • What specific features/lack thereof made it less appealing?
  • Did you face any specific challenges?
  • How was your experience with the community?
  • If given a chance, what improvements would you suggest?
  • yianiris@kafeneio.social
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    9 months ago

    partial upgrades on distros without hard linked dependencies is a disaster caused by the user.

    You should never have a system with less than 20% free space, but I mean system, not /home, not /var/cache/ of /var/cache/pacman,
    Make partitions and mount things separately, especially /home

    In a pinch you can live without man-pages remove /usr/share/{doc,man,html}/*
    and on /usr/share/locale/* keep just the ones you use

    When you need a man page reinstall the pkg.

    @Shamot @gianni