Recommendations sought on best latop distro for hosting klipper

Basic Information:

Printer Model: n/a
MCU / Printerboard: n/a
Host / SBC: Lenovo Yoga 2-in-One laptop/touch-pad
klippy.log: n/a

I want to use kiauh to install a full klipper/fluidd stack onto a newly repurposed laptop. I typically use the Arch derivative ‘Manjaro’ as my default distro, however I get a ton of errors trying to make kiauh install stuff. I’m assuming Manjaro is not all that common, and thus no development has been done trying to make kiauh work there. It’s not essential I use Manjaro, it’s just well known to me.

What is the best distro to use for this repurposing of a still useful laptop/touch-screen pad machine?

Thanks for any insight and advice you can give.

Hi @tetra,

Please note I’ve never set up Klipper on a laptop, so this is just a guess.

With that said, I’ll tentatively recommend Debian, since that’s what Raspberry Pi OS is based on. RPi OS itself would be even better.

Thanks @3dcoded,

After drilling more into KIAUH’s repo, I see that as well. Good advice, and I’ll try that instead. I actually cut my teeth on Debian way, way back - on their first very distro to give away my age a bit, and I was a Debian only guy for very many years. I think their politics (and my work) ended up making me look elsewhere for a good distro to settle on. Arch, and by extension Manjaro have been great stable platforms since I switched over several years back. But it’ll be like a belated homecoming. Should be interesting. :wink:
apt-get away!

Thanks again,
T