Linux Mint / LMDE vs. Arch

[Kyzer]

I'm going to try Linux this weekend, for the purpose of having something lightweight and customizable. Like WS.

 

I dont want to spend days setting it up, but I'm ok with spending time getting it running. I like Arch for being very bare, but I like Mint since it seems easy to pick up.

[tikker]

If you don't want to spend a lot of time setting things up definitely don't go with Arch I'd say. Linux Mint is a great distro to start with, used it myself for quite a while. Now I've moved to Fedora.

[Kyzer]

11 minutes ago, tikker said:

If you don't want to spend a lot of time setting things up definitely don't go with Arch I'd say. Linux Mint is a great distro to start with, used it myself for quite a while. Now I've moved to Fedora.

LMDE?

[tikker]

1 hour ago, Kyzer said:

LMDE?

Never used LMDE, I used the regular Mint. Looks good though. I don't know how much smaller the smaller userbase is they mention, so if you want to be completely on the safe side go with the regular version. Otherwise give it a shot, see how you like it  

[Maximum | Angel of Pain]

I would suggest Mint if you want something that does not require a lot of setup. Mint is easy to pick of since its a distro that came off Ubuntu witch is really to use.

[noahdvs]

If you want something in between Mint and Arch, try Manjaro. It's based on Arch, but it's easy to install and packages are held back 2 weeks behind Arch so more testing can be done.