Arch Linux or Ubuntu? 🤔

Currently on an Ubuntu system at my workplace, but I've heard a lot about arch Linux. Is it worth making the shift?

Whatever the fuck you want. If you want to try it, do it.

Arch is powerful, and so is Ubuntu. People are going to tell you their personal preferences, which won't be a lot of help. The absolute best way to decide is to try them both and see for yourself.

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And who's to say if a transition is going to difficult at all?

Arch Linux permits you to always have the last possible update of all your softwares

@Valou3433

It's for this reason that I've avoided it.

Arch Linux is good and has excellent documentation - but it's also a lot of work.

I am very pleased with Gentoo which has also let me tailor and compile a system exactly to my liking (without systemd!).

Try it in a VM first.

@bahua yes i can see why, it has advantages and disadventages
Personnally i was using mint before and the GCC version was 5.4. I switched to Arch and GCC was in version 7.2, and some of my code could not compile, but i fixed it for 7.2 because i prefer to stay with the last version, but that's only personnal

Arch is great, but a pain in the ass to setup, especially if its first. But the result is a stable fat-free system that just works.

Given that, Ubuntu just works. Out of the box, hassle free. its great, great community and support, you will always find an answer for your problems.

I have been using Ubuntu and Arch interchangeably, I would suggest that you set arch on your own at first, and then look at oses like antegros(which is a graphical installer for arch). Additionally, I found Ubuntu better for when you work in companies, since there will be more immediate support and assistance for you.

So to summarise;

Arch for play
Ubuntu for when you just need it to work