CubitOom

There is a difference between a theoretical slippery slope and a logical path to an obvious goal.

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Its gunna depend on what ChatGPT says huh?

Well if you like that, perhaps you'll also enjoy reading about his deformed genitals.

There's no reason for the situation to happen to begin with.

A live image is an ISO that you can boot directly to without installing on to your drive. You can place it on a USB stick with Ventoy, and then during post you chose to boot from the USB instead of your installed drive.

The EndeavorOS ISOs are live images too.

I don't personally believe in those categories. I think it should be broken down to

• "doesn't want to read errors"
• "willing to learn"
• "knows how to fix that error"

I think if you are ok with reading, researching, learning, and willing to make mistakes, your computer actually becomes easier to use from the terminal.

Now, your use case is important, so is your workflow. There is no correct solution and you should try to take the time to discover the right solution for yourself.

I'd say, start with a distro with a live image and test. You can reinstall a computer as often as you want with different distros.

I use endeavourOS for gaming, web browsing, hosting, development, video editing, meme creating, and many other things. So I'd say it's really general purpose.

EndeavourOS is Arch based, OpenSUSE is not. Although OpenSUSE is great too, the philosophy and approach is very different.

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Arch has the arch wiki which is perhaps the best source of information on Linux, if you don't mind reading. On a Debian or Debian based distro like Ubuntu or mint, you won't always be able to follow the arch wiki, and might have to rely on a forum where less knowledgeable users are answering questions. Arch also has forums if that is desired.

There are distros bassed on arch that makes installation easier like EndeavorOS, if you don't mind reading or using the terminal a bit I would recommend that.

You can also set up a multiboot usb with multiple live images ISOs using something like Ventoy. You can put a bunch of Linux ISOs on it and boot into them to test them without installing.

Ultimately, I recommend sticking with any distro for a bit until you notice a major "can not use the computer anymore" type of issue. Then instead of distro hopping, actually fix it. Once you fix a major issue like that, you will understand how useful the community and docs actually are.

And if you never encounter a major issue like that, then you win, you found the best distro. Do not try something else.

Audrey's Dance

It's not a slippery slope, it's a drop into a pit fall.