EndeavourOS
Arch with a friendly installer and a community that actually answers. Still Arch underneath.
Facts
- Family
- arch
- Based on
- Arch
- Release model
- Rolling
- Current
- Titan Nova
- Init system
- systemd
- Default desktop
- Plasma
- NVIDIA
- A helper script installs the driver; legacy cards need the AUR 580 branch.
- Systemd-free
- No
- 32-bit support
- No
- As of
- 2026-10-09
On the DistroWatch top 10
Arch for people who'd like to keep their weekend.
EndeavourOS appeared in the Netherlands on 2019-07-15, after Antergos ended and its community needed somewhere to go. It is Arch with a graphical installer and little else changed, plus yay for the AUR. The current release is Titan Nova, from 2026-08-28, and the default desktop is Plasma. Releases are named after space missions. The forum has a reputation for being friendly, to the point that people say it is where Arch users go to apologise. That is a rare quality in the Arch world and worth noting. If the idea of Arch appeals but the idea of a full manual install on a free Saturday does not, this is the intended route.
How the chooser scores it
Scores run from 1 to 5, and 5 is best for the user. They are opinion with a spreadsheet.
- StabilityStability: 3 out of 5
- Easy installEasy install: 4 out of 5
- Daily comfortDaily comfort: 3 out of 5
- Docs and helpDocs and help: 4 out of 5
- Fresh softwareFresh software: 5 out of 5
- GamingGaming: 4 out of 5
- DevelopmentDevelopment: 5 out of 5
- Old hardwareOld hardware: 3 out of 5
- ControlControl: 5 out of 5
- LightnessLightness: 5 out of 5
- NVIDIA, recent cardsNVIDIA, recent cards: 5 out of 5
- NVIDIA, older cardsNVIDIA, older cards: 2 out of 5
Caveats
- It is Arch: rolling, and you are expected to read what you are updating.
- NVIDIA 590 dropped Pascal, Maxwell and Volta cards. Those need the legacy 580 branch (AUR nvidia-580xx-dkms), which gets security fixes only until October 2028.
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