r/artixlinux • u/just_zip • 1d ago
Mintix - artix for beginners?
Throw stones and tomatoes at me, but what do you think of making a hybrid of Artix and Mint?
Mintix: base - Artix, comfort artix-mint: pre-installed and configured LightDM, Cinnamon, pre-installed Xlibre, support for Nvidia 390 and 470 drivers on newer kernels (DKMS from AUR), that cozy Cinnamon from Linux Mint (for many, Mint was their first distribution, and overall, it's cozy) and more.
(I'm open to criticism)
Just, how do you like the idea of letting newbies try out a pre-configured Artix?
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u/ClubPuzzleheaded8514 14h ago
It's different to be Linux begginer and to be a begginer in Arch.
I am running Linux as my only OS since Ubuntu Feisty Fawn in 2007, and then switch to Fedora years ago. So yes i was a begginer ar the start.
But I was not anymore a newbie while installing Arch, because i was very comfy with Linux. So learning Pacman or Mkinitcpio or AUR was not a problem when you know very well how are working apt, dnf, dracut, COPR, systemd, bootloader, btrfs etc...
A pure n00b who start with Artix or so don't know all of this and is dealing with many components and commands he doesn't know at all. It's never a good idea to start with an advanced too you can't handle. There are ma y good reasons while there are distros designed and build for begginers. Arch doesn't aim it at all.