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Switched from Manjaro to Fedora after being told Manjaro is "a bad distro" by many. Looking for a telnet terminal such as Syncterm to run on rpm or flatpak. (lemmy.zip)

submitted 11 months ago by jezebelley3d@lemmy.zip to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] ani@endlesstalk.org 4 points 11 months ago

Why didn't you install Arch OP?

[–] HumanPerson@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You do no that docker is local, right? It runs in a container but that container is still on your computer.

[–] jezebelley3d@lemmy.zip 3 points 11 months ago

Oh cool no I didn't know that. I thought it was running code hosted elsewhere.

[–] Secret300@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Install manjaro

Switch to arch repos

Profit

That's what I did for a while and it was way more stable. Now I just use fedora cause I find it simple and easy out the box.

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[–] visnudeva@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago

I have been running CachyOs for some months and I really like it, it is a clean and fast distro based on arch with many DE. You could give it a try on a live usb at least.

[–] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I've heard that Manjaro is a "bad OS", but I've been using it for a few years and haven't had any issues with it. As a noob, though, is probably avoid most Arch distros, though. They're not impossible or anything, but they can be intimidating and may leave a bad taste of Linux in your mouth if they're not set up right. I do like Fedora quite a bit. It and OpenSuse are my dailys. Mint was my go-to for years, and I would still highly recommend it for beginners. (E) Mint is a deb based distro.

[–] ehyuman@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

exactly how many times did you ddos the aur?

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[–] warmaster@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

You should try Crystal Linux, it's Arch based, and it has the easiest installer ever.

https://getcryst.al

[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

So... using Manjaro without using the AUR is fine?

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

Yes*. Unless of course the Manjaro makes some dumb mistake as they have regularly historically. There is nothing wrong with it by design though if you avoid the AUR.

A lot of the “working for years” comments here look like folks who only use the Manjaro repos.

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