Based on our record, EndeavourOS seems to be a lot more popular than Slax. While we know about 212 links to EndeavourOS, we've tracked only 5 mentions of Slax. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.
I find Slax which is looks like a good choice for live distro at a glance. If I'm correct it works not just in live mode it is installed on sdd. Source: 10 months ago
Slax. It is based pn Debian, so you can apt install most packages. Make sure to read Slax's installation guide first though. Source: over 2 years ago
You mentioned in another comment that your laptop is from 2001? Try Slax or MX Linux. Source: over 2 years ago
You can try Slax as it can be loaded to RAM. However you will need to install rest of the required utils... (afaik Chrome and GParted are included by default). Source: over 2 years ago
I'm trying to download slax linux from slax.org but its not working. If I go down to the bottom of the page and click on any of the download links I see a loading icon in the browser tab but nothing gets downloaded, I'm wondering if this is an issue with just me or if anyone else is having a simmilar issue. Source: almost 3 years ago
And I ended up picking EndeavourOS, Why? Manjaro had a bad reputation at the time of my research and the package holding back, Garuda has too much eye candy in the fresh install that bugs me, Arco... Has 4 ISO choices which confused me and the website sort of turns me off. - Source: dev.to / 5 months ago
Usually I recommend linux mint for beginners but hyprland may be a little bit hard to install there. So maybe in your case the best option is an arch based system with a graphical installer. A lot of people here recommend endeavourOS. Download the iso, install it to a VM and take your first steps. Once you are a little bit familiar with it, you may try to set up dual boot and run it on bare metal. Take small... Source: 6 months ago
Let me close with a tip. Check out the Arch Wiki. IIRC EndevourOS is a fork of Arch. Note the British spelling ;-). Source: 10 months ago
Taking my advice means you might want to remove Arch, for now. Get Mint or Pop, spend some time with them to learn more about Linux, how Linux works, the various software and tools, how to configure and customize it. Once you are more knowledgeable (weeks/months later), then go read the Arch Wiki. Along with reading the Arch Wiki check out Average Linux User on youtube (... Source: 10 months ago
r/EndeavourOS is a private community. r/EndeavourOS. /r/EndeavourOS. Is private in protest against Reddit's changes to API. Read more. Please do not send us Modmail. . !we will not continue the EndeavourOS subreddit!. . A terminal centric distro with a vibrant community at its core. . https://endeavouros.com. . The moderators of r/EndeavourOS have set this community to private. Only approved members can view... Source: 11 months ago
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