Antergos 8.9 is one of the better Arch Linux options. It is a powerful and modern computing platform, elegantly designed. It gives power users almost all they could desire. Arch distros are not for Linux newcomers — but for seasoned Linux users who are new to Arch, Antergos has much to offer. One of the biggest challenges in getting started with any Arch distro is surviving the installation. A secondary challenge with Arch is its software management processes. Arch users who overcome those challenges gain a solid performing Linux desktop.
Nice review. I have been using Antergos as my daily driver since January this year, and it has been awesome. Previously I was on Mint, but this was getting slower and tiresome. Antergos is fresh air.
The only issues I have had is with peripheral drivers, where Archlinux is not supported well, eg Brother and Epson, but there are ways and means of getting things to work eventually.
Antergos makes it easier than most to try new desktops, eg Deepin, but I had varying degrees of success with that, and have settled with Cinnamon as Gnome doesn't operate the way that I prefer to.
Onyxnz, thanks for your comments. I agree with your observations about defaulting to the Cinnamon desktop rather than using Gnome. My daily driver is Linux Mint, but I am close to replacing it due to the same reasons you mention.
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Antergos Softens Arch Learning Curve
Posted by: Jack M. Germain October 3, 2018 10:44 AMAntergos 8.9 is one of the better Arch Linux options. It is a powerful and modern computing platform, elegantly designed. It gives power users almost all they could desire. Arch distros are not for Linux newcomers — but for seasoned Linux users who are new to Arch, Antergos has much to offer. One of the biggest challenges in getting started with any Arch distro is surviving the installation. A secondary challenge with Arch is its software management processes. Arch users who overcome those challenges gain a solid performing Linux desktop.
The only issues I have had is with peripheral drivers, where Archlinux is not supported well, eg Brother and Epson, but there are ways and means of getting things to work eventually.
Antergos makes it easier than most to try new desktops, eg Deepin, but I had varying degrees of success with that, and have settled with Cinnamon as Gnome doesn't operate the way that I prefer to.