EndeavourOS

Reader supplied reviews for EndeavourOS Average rating 8.5 from 395 review(s) Please specify which version of the distribtion you are reviewing. Please select a rating in the range of 1-10. Please write at least a few sentences about the distribution while limiting your review to 4080 characters. What are your thoughts on EndeavourOS? Please include a few pros and a few cons, along with your overall impression of the operating system. Our FAQ page has tips on writing a good mini-review. Version: -- 2025.02.082024.09.222024.04.2011-202322.1221.52020.09.202019.12.22 Rating:    -- 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 out of 10 Your review (minimum 250 words): Past reviews - sort by: DateVotes Version: 2025.02.08 Rating: 10 Date: 2025-03-14 Votes: 2 I have been a happy Manjaro user for many years. Before I had tried many other Linux flavours, including Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, Gentoo, Funtoo, etc. As for Manjaro, I transitioned from Xfce to KDE. I run a lot of AI stuff. So, my first problem with Manjaro was that the Nvidia drivers from the repo are too old and incompatible with Cuda from AUR. So I had to install the Nivida driver from the Nvidia blob. Shortly after, the desktop started to freeze after a while when running AI-related stuff. The only solution was a hard reset, which, in turn, resulted in file system corruption. This happened both under X11 and Wayland. Probably reinstalling the Xfce edition would have solved the problem but, because of the driver mismatch, I decided to give EndeavourOS a go, Xfce, of course. EndeavourOS is much closer than Arch than Manjaro is. It is almost like Arch with a user-friendly installer and minimal configuration to have you up and running in a few minutes. Given that my top priorities are stability and a small footprint in terms of system resources, that is a good thing. I have been running EndeavourOS for a while without a glitch, even though my GPU is constantly number-crunching to the very limit of its capabilities. Granted, the desktop experienced needed a bit of extra configuration, but, all in all, switching to EndeavourOS was absolutely worth it. If everything keeps going like this after a few system upgrades, I believe I have found a new distro to settle in. Was this review helpful? Yes No Version: 2025.02.08 Rating: 10 Date: 2025-03-08 Votes: 11 EndeavorOS: I am of the many people who have switched to Linux (thanks to Microsoft with their incompetence and greed). I’ve been browsing this site a bit and it has a lot of good info and I like trying out different distros and different desktop environments. It’s a bit easier installing different Linux distros in a virtual machine than real hardware, but I do both sonce I have some spare computers lying around that can’t be upgraded to Windows 11. For this review, I tried out Endeavor OS. I’ve been using it for a few months. It has been a great and pleasing experience overall. Definitely much more lightweight and speedy compared to Windows.. It was pretty easy to install this, the steps are easy to understand and follow and everything m worked as it should- partitioning was easy since it’s a whole graphical installer- but I was worried because I heard nightmares of Linux bristles being hard to install and het through the installer on account of having to do everything manually- but that was not true at all. I do a lot of browsing on the internet and researching, and Firefox was pretty quick to open, with numerous tabs (about 10-12 I’d have open), but I had no issues going from tab to tab watching youtube videos and researching. I didn’t experience any crashes or lock-ups when using this. There is a good amount of programs installed by default to get day-to-day tasks done. It was also easy to update the system and software. I like the outer space theme and the purple color scheme, but I’d rather have a more 3D, skeuomorphic interface with lots of eye candy- since a lot of computers can handle this easier compared to in the past- but it’s great there is a ton of choices for different themes, and easy to install. Overall, it’s so refreshing to use Endeavor OS, Microsoft has been a nightmare these last few years and I’m so happy I switched to Linux and use EndeavorOS as my daily OS. Was this review helpful? Yes No Version: 2025.02.08 Rating: 10 Date: 2025-03-08 Votes: 3 Re: Endeavour OS Rescently I bought a reconditioned Dell Optiplex 7020 Desktop computer from Walmart’s Online Store. It came with the Windows Operating System installed. Because I am not fond of Windows, I immediately tried verious Linux and BSD versions on the computer. None of those systems ran very well on this computer. The Windows system is one that I am not impressed with, even though it is a good operating system, it isn’t what I enjoy using. When none of the Linux or BSD systems operating systems ran smoothly or fast, I was discouraged to the point that I almost returned the computer. One of my favorite Linux distributions is Endeavour OS. When used on my 2010 Dell Studio XPS, it was extremely fast and efficient. However, I could not get Lebre Office to install completely or any other Linux systems. I was able to get NomadBSD and GhostBSD to run well enough to get by, but neither were operating fast enough to please me. I assumed it was because I didn’t have enough Ram to satisfy my desired. After a lot of frustration, I decided to install Endeavour OS one last time. When I could not get Libre Office to install completely after four hours, I decided to experiment with the computer’s BIOS. That idea did nothing to improve the speed of my operating system. However, I learned the computer BIOS had its own Firewall built into the BIOS. If the computer had a Firewall built into the BIOS, could it be the issue? The only way to answer that question was to remove the Firewall built into the operating system. The second I removed Endeavour’s Firewall, the computer became a whole new machine. Everything operated at speeds never seen before. Libre Office was installed with a couple of minutes, and it functioned as never before. My internet speeds doubled, and every single program on my computer ran at speeds never seen before. So if you try Endeavour OS on a computer with a builtin Firewall, remove Endevour’s Firewall if you want a super-fast operating system. Was this review helpful? Yes No See all 395 reader reviews of EndeavourOS...