So I decided to put my money where my mouth is when it comes to Windows 11, and I actually switched to Arch for an entire month on my gaming PC, and I thought it would be worth sharing my experience.
​
First off, my specs: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/BPxVH2
- AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
- be quiet! Dark Rock 4 CPU Cooler
- Asus ROG Strix B550-I Gaming Mini ITX Motherboard
- Teamgroup Elite 64GB (2x32GB) DDR4-3200 (this is from the mobo’s QVL list as I ran into issues with my previous kit)
- WD Black 4TB NVMe PCIe 4 SSD
- Seagate IronWolf 10TB 7200RPM NAS HDD
- PowerColor AMD RX 6900 XT 16GB GPU (Reference Model)
- Fractal Design Torrent Nano RGB (Black)
- EVGA SuperNOVA G5 1000W Gold Certified Fully Modular PSU
​
Some Definitions
- Distribution (Distro): The fully-packaged OS you get. This is the Kernel, the package manager, and usually a desktop environment on top of a Window Manager. As I’ll get into later, Linux is really Linux, not three million different OSes. The …