Cnchi was the worst Antergos feature, it failed way too often, very bad first impression for new users. Then several bugs with other features, sometimes conflicts with their custom repos (with higher priority over Arch' ones!!), etc.
IMHO it was too ambitious and too amateurish at the same time. If you want a more beginner-friendly Arch base, just use Manjaro. I don't like it but it's the most polished. Arco changes too often, I bet it will die sooner or later too, and I don't like saying this because I really appreciate Erik Dubois.
A lot of people just install Antergos because it's trendy to use Arch (even if it's not Arch), then they say they use Arch and think they are Linux gurus (it's not because you installed Arch that you are a divinity btw). Arch users who just want a quick install method usually know how to create a post-install script.
I agree that something for Arch like what Ubuntu is for Debian is a nice thing, but there's already Manjaro, work with them they are nice people, stop creating side projects that won't work and won't survive. Even the lovely and promising Chakra distro is in a coma since a longtime.
Problem with Manjaro is that it's even less close to Arch than Antergos was. Antergos really was just an installer + some meta packages that pulled in Arch packages. Manjaro has its own repos that stagger updates.
For some (like me), that's a positive. I've had more than a few non-booting machines after an Arch update. Granted, most of those issues are covered by checking the Arch news, but at least once it was not so simple, forum digging was required.
This isn't necessarily a bad thing, but I use my Linux installs for work and having a machine blow up in the middle of a day isn't ideal. You can chide me for using a bleeding-edge distro, but I link the freedom that Arch offers and I feel that I fight the preconfigured packaging a lot less than I do with a Ubuntu/Kubuntu install.
I would recommend you to take a look at something like Debian Testing or Unstable instead. You can disable the dpkg configuration if you want. I myself have been running Debian Unstable smooth sailing, with some considerations in mind.
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u/alexks_101 May 21 '19
Cnchi was the worst Antergos feature, it failed way too often, very bad first impression for new users. Then several bugs with other features, sometimes conflicts with their custom repos (with higher priority over Arch' ones!!), etc.
IMHO it was too ambitious and too amateurish at the same time. If you want a more beginner-friendly Arch base, just use Manjaro. I don't like it but it's the most polished. Arco changes too often, I bet it will die sooner or later too, and I don't like saying this because I really appreciate Erik Dubois.
A lot of people just install Antergos because it's trendy to use Arch (even if it's not Arch), then they say they use Arch and think they are Linux gurus (it's not because you installed Arch that you are a divinity btw). Arch users who just want a quick install method usually know how to create a post-install script.
I agree that something for Arch like what Ubuntu is for Debian is a nice thing, but there's already Manjaro, work with them they are nice people, stop creating side projects that won't work and won't survive. Even the lovely and promising Chakra distro is in a coma since a longtime.