What’s digma?

I see. I recommended that because it’s kinda like rolling release. I haven’t used openSUSE as a server but I remember people who use from Reddit self-hosted.

You can also try Void Linux.

You can use Debian Testing.

If gaming is a priority, I would say skip both and go with Bazzite or Nobara. Otherwise Pop!_OS is still a good OS for everyday usage including gaming. It just might not have the latest drivers all the time.

No idea ncdu was a thing, looks nice and easier than du.

I guess the key point there, using Manjaro as Manjaro, not as Arch. It can be stable that way since they also have their own repos. And I agree that using flatpaks instead of AUR on Manjaro would be better. Though at this point, if I am to switch distros, I would go for Void I guess. It’s actually nice to hear that Manjaro seems more stable now.

Don’t remember what packages caused problems for me but I had to repair it via tty quite a time. Not updating AUR packages automatically is actually a nice workaround to prevent system breakage which I was also doing it, until it started to cause problems more often. Maybe they fixed it I don’t know (though highly doubt it because of the way they do it), haven’t used Manjaro for 4 years. Then I thought about that, why would I need to deal with these kind of things if I can use my system up-to-date with every part of it. No one uses Manjaro because it’s stable, people use it because it was the only “Arch with GUI” they know at the time. Now we have a lot of these and some of them are better than Manjaro. But again, if you’re happy with Manjaro there is no need to change. I was happy until I wasn’t because of Manjaro’s structural problems (like they nuked AUR once). It’s not a bad thing to recommend a better option if you know one.

I’m quite happy with EndeavourOS and last time I had a problem, it was a GRUB problem and they changed to systemd-boot by default after that. Other than this, never had problems since. To be honest, I stopped recommending Arch-based to people unless they’re somewhat experienced, otherwise I recommend Linux Mint. However, EndeavourOS is what I recommend if someone wants a GUI installer for Arch and I don’t think there is a better option yet.

I have two go-to choices for Arch-based. EndeavourOS is basically what everyone want and expect from Manjaro, Arch with a GUI installer, no bloat, easy to use. You can even install Pamac and use it if that’s convenient for you. Artix comes systemd-free, you can install OpenRC, runit etc. It’s faster for my old laptop.

There is also Archcraft. It might look like a student project (maybe it is), but it’s an easy way to use Arch if you’re comfortable with their design choices. This one also has really nice small scripts here and there.

Manjaro is the distro I’ve used for the longest (like 7 years) and it was mostly fine, until I started using AUR, which you shouldn’t if you use Manjaro because it will cause problems. Holding packages for 2 weeks also cause problems (hence the AUR issue), it doesn’t make it stable. However, if you don’t use AUR, it should be fine. Though just FYI, if you want Arch-based there are better distros out there. If you’re happy with it, there is no need to change.

Manjarno isn’t even a good choice for desktops though

It’s also on Origin but why buy there when you can buy on GOG.

Oh it’s history edition. Well, I completely missed that part. It seems people solved it with a Lutris script.

By the way, since you have Nvidia and you use EndeavourOS, you are probably on driver 545. That driver has a problem with Proton 8 and later ones. Maybe trying Proton 7 would help.

Try Mitsukuni’s suggestion here and adjust it to your needs (This one is Dawn of Discovery but same as Anno 1404).

https://www.protondb.com/app/33340#cN4IfasUQ

Thanks for the reply. I guess there is still some time for me. :)

So, can we finally switch to Wayland?

Cloud is a plague.