I’m curious about trying Arch Linux, but I want to know what’s difficult or impossible with it first, as that’s usually what stops me sticking with a distro.

I’m particularly interested in software/driver support. For example, NVIDIA doesn’t mention Arch in its CUDA download page.

UPDATE: OK it sounds like Arch is for bleeding edge. That sounds fun, but I like things simple and reliable, so I’ll still with Ubuntu. I might run Arch on my secondary drive, or toy with it in Docker.

  • Maiq@lemy.lol
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    7 days ago

    Every distro has limitations. Arch probably has the least. Every package is the newest possible giving you more options. You have to configure things yourself. Luckily there is no better resource that the arch wiki.

    Here is the nvidia arch wiki page for you to look at.

    https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/NVIDIA

    If your looking for an ootb experiance there are easy arch distros like endeavour and garuda. You will still need to get acquainted with the arch wiki and general system maintenance.