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Welp, I made a similar thread yesterday regarding Manjaro but I decided to swap to Fedora as my daily driver for stability purposes. Unfortunately since fedora is yet another non Debian distro I need help finding a Syncterm replacement.

I'm my previous thread it was pointed out to me that syncterm has a docker option which I can run on Fedora, but I'd prefer running an app locally if possible.

I tried the Syncterm snap package which boots inside bash, but it doesn't have ANSI support (which is the entire point of using Syncterm) since I assume it's simply piggy backing off of bash- hence the 1.5* review on the snap store.

Looking for options.. if anyone can help a Linux noob I'm all ears. I tried Alien to convert deb to rpm and fell on my face.

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[–] CorrodedCranium@leminal.space 80 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (19 children)

If you are looking for something a little more stable than Manjaro but still Arch based and beginner friendly EndeavorOS is a good option.

Not an answer to your question or suggesting you jump from Fedora just putting it out there.

[–] fxdave@lemmy.ml 11 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (13 children)

My brother had that OS. It worked fine until it got a bug that the computer froze when he enabled the wifi, and the only way to stop it was pressing the power button. I couldn't figure out the cause, and there was many unnecessary things coming with the OS, so I helped him to install Arch instead. Now, it works well and feels clean.

EDIT: based on the comments, the issue happened with arch too.

[–] myersguy@lemmy.simpl.website 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Isn't it just an installer, welcome app, theming, and maybe an Nvidia driver helper?

I don't think Endeavour really adds that much, but maybe my perception has been wrong this whole time 🤷

[–] LeFantome@programming.dev 1 points 11 months ago

No, you are right. EndeavourOS is about two-dozen packages on top of the Arch repos and AUR ( 80,000 packages ). Most of the additional packages are just nice-to-have utilities you can enjoy or avoid.

EOS ( EndeavourOS ) is more of an opinionated Arch installer than a stand-alone distribution. Other than theming, almost everything in a fresh EOS install comes from the Arch repos. Even the kernel is native Arch.

I happen to like the way EOS sets up the system, including that it installs yay by default which makes the AUR available right away.

You can disable the EOS repos in EndeavourOS if you want. It really is just Arch.

[–] null@slrpnk.net 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That's exactly what makes Endeavor a great option over Manjaro. You just end up with more-or-less normal Arch instead of the jank of Manjaro.

[–] myersguy@lemmy.simpl.website 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Oh, for sure. I was responding to the guy saying "I couldn’t figure out the cause, and there was many unnecessary things coming with the OS"

Doesn't seem like there's that much extra with Endeavour vs Arch.

[–] null@slrpnk.net 2 points 11 months ago

Oh gotcha -- sorry, missed the context

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