u/Glad-Wolverine-8960

Windows to arch Linux!

Hi everyone, I’m a windows user who has finally decided to switch to Linux due to getting into computer science. I heard Linux is a good learning experience as well as a great place to code. However, I’m unsure what specific distro I should get? I saw hyprland desktop and I feel set on that as it looks very nice, however I’m unsure on the distro?

So, I got recommended CachyOS which does work great, however when I downloaded it on a virtual machine to test, it came pre downloaded with a load of stuff, I don’t know if that’s hyprland, CachyOS or what but if anyone knows that would be great?

If it was CachyOS or Hyprland, does anyone have suggestions for any arch Linux based distros that have less pre downloaded files? Thank you

If it was not CachyOS or Hyprland, does anyone know what specific versions and such to download so I don’t end up with all this extra unnecessary software? Thank you

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u/Glad-Wolverine-8960 — 12 hours ago

Windows to arch Linux!

Hi everyone, I’m a windows user who has finally decided to switch to Linux due to getting into computer science. I heard Linux is a good learning experience as well as a great place to code. However, I’m unsure what specific distro I should get? I saw hyprland desktop and I feel set on that as it looks very nice, however I’m unsure on the distro?

So, I got recommended CachyOS which does work great, however when I downloaded it on a virtual machine to test, it came pre downloaded with a load of stuff, I don’t know if that’s hyprland, CachyOS or what but if anyone knows that would be great?

If it was CachyOS or Hyprland, does anyone have suggestions for any arch Linux based distros that have less pre downloaded files? Thank you

If it was not CachyOS or Hyprland, does anyone know what specific versions and such to download so I don’t end up with all this extra unnecessary software? Thank you

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u/Glad-Wolverine-8960 — 12 hours ago

Computer science student

Im a new student who’s about to go into computer science, I’m mostly interested in machine learning so will probably end up doing something related to that in my later years. I heard Linux is best for general coding and also computer science in general? So I’m wondering if anyone has any recommendations? Thank you

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u/Glad-Wolverine-8960 — 2 days ago