I just installed EndeavorOS on an HP Spectre360 that’s roughly 2 years old. I am honestly surprised at how easy it went. If you google it, you’ll get a lot of “lol good luck installing linux on that” type posts - so I was ready for a battle.
Turned off secure boot and tpm. Booted off a usb stick. Live environment, check. Start installer and wipe drive. Few minutes later I’m in. Ok let’s find out what’s not working…
WiFi check. Bluetooth check. Sound check (although a little quiet). Keyboard check. Screen resolution check. Hibernates correctly? Check. WTF I can’t believe this all works out the box. The touchscreen? Check. The stylus pen check. Flipping the screen over to a tablet check. Jesus H.
Ok, everything just works. Huh. Who’d have thunk?
Install programs, log into accounts, jeez this laptop is snappier than on windows. Make things pretty for my wife and install some fun games and stuff.
Finished. Ez. Why did I wait so long? Google was wrong - it was cake.
Since when does EndeavourOS supply a GUI package manager? They don’t even have Discover installed out of the box.
I don’t think it’s more confusing than Arch, if you know how to maintain Arch then you’re not gonna have any trouble at all.
I agree that their eos popup is a bit meh but you can just press the “Don’t show me again” button and be done with it
EndeavourOS is basically Arch with an easy installer and reasonable defaults. Don’t expect it to be more than it is!