# Is there any way to switch from arcolinux to rebornOS **URL:** \ **Category:** Issues & Assistance\ **Created:** [August 29, 2021, 7:13pm UTC](https://rebornos.discourse.group/t/is-there-any-way-to-switch-from-arcolinux-to-rebornos/491 "2021-08-29T19:13:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ycom1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/rebornos.discourse.group/ycom1/32/1066_2.png) [@ycom1](https://rebornos.discourse.group/u/ycom1)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2021, 7:13pm UTC](https://rebornos.discourse.group/t/is-there-any-way-to-switch-from-arcolinux-to-rebornos/491/1 "2021-08-29T19:13:15Z")
on one of my computers, I would like to switch from Arco to rebornOS, because I do not want to make a whole new install again 😅 , is there any way? Answers to this are greatly appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![CookieSource](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/rebornos.discourse.group/cookiesource/32/16_2.png) [@CookieSource](https://rebornos.discourse.group/u/CookieSource)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2021, 7:18pm UTC](https://rebornos.discourse.group/t/is-there-any-way-to-switch-from-arcolinux-to-rebornos/491/2 "2021-08-29T19:18:05Z")
Hi & welcome back 😃 it’s technically possible but a full switch would be extremely difficult since we don’t know what configurations are different on Arco. That said a good start would be to add our repository. You can follow our wiki on how to do that [How to add the RebornOS repository - RebornOS Wiki - RebornOS - OSDN](https://osdn.net/projects/rebornos/wiki/How+to+add+the+RebornOS+repository) We also got packages which will install tools and such we have but I can’t be certain if they’ll conflict so I’d recommend installing the tools you want separately. If you have any other questions let me know Cookie ---
**Author:** ![ycom1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/rebornos.discourse.group/ycom1/32/1066_2.png) [@ycom1](https://rebornos.discourse.group/u/ycom1)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2021, 7:22pm UTC](https://rebornos.discourse.group/t/is-there-any-way-to-switch-from-arcolinux-to-rebornos/491/3 "2021-08-29T19:22:17Z")
Thank you for the link, I will proceed with that 🙂 🙂 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ycom1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/rebornos.discourse.group/ycom1/32/1066_2.png) [@ycom1](https://rebornos.discourse.group/u/ycom1)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2021, 9:04pm UTC](https://rebornos.discourse.group/t/is-there-any-way-to-switch-from-arcolinux-to-rebornos/491/5 "2021-08-29T21:04:37Z")
…exhausting work: had to install reborn apps, update, modify the pacman.d hooks, os info files and links, edit and rename some svg files… hours later … 😅 look at this, ```auto pacman -Syu :: Synchronizing package databases... Reborn-OS is up to date ``` done 🙂 ![Screenshot_20210830_001508](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/rebornos/original/1X/f4ebcbb5b294460729a749cd3fcc51e76734e62d.jpeg) THX AGAIN . . . ---
**Author:** ![ycom1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/rebornos.discourse.group/ycom1/32/1066_2.png) [@ycom1](https://rebornos.discourse.group/u/ycom1)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2021, 11:49pm UTC](https://rebornos.discourse.group/t/is-there-any-way-to-switch-from-arcolinux-to-rebornos/491/6 "2021-08-29T23:49:05Z")
the system is transformed to RebornOs grub boot is showing now RebornOs and Kinfocenter also 🙂 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/rebornos/original/1X/686497837e8c86d7daffc0e0a83c3aa0931356a7.png) ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/rebornos/original/1X/e0b7c7083405da479bf7b38d52d1c9ff3f20821a.png) Last remark: now i will stick with RebornOs, EOS, ParrotOS, Debian Testing and Manjaro, permanently, each of them assigned to one of my 5 computers. No more distro hopping 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![shivanandvp](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/rebornos.discourse.group/shivanandvp/32/10_2.png) [@shivanandvp](https://rebornos.discourse.group/u/shivanandvp)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2021, 7:49am UTC](https://rebornos.discourse.group/t/is-there-any-way-to-switch-from-arcolinux-to-rebornos/491/7 "2021-08-30T07:49:57Z")
Impressive collection 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![CookieSource](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/rebornos.discourse.group/cookiesource/32/16_2.png) [@CookieSource](https://rebornos.discourse.group/u/CookieSource)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2021, 7:52am UTC](https://rebornos.discourse.group/t/is-there-any-way-to-switch-from-arcolinux-to-rebornos/491/8 "2021-08-30T07:52:13Z")
is looking nice glad that it worked out ---
**Author:** ![ycom1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/rebornos.discourse.group/ycom1/32/1066_2.png) [@ycom1](https://rebornos.discourse.group/u/ycom1)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2021, 9:27am UTC](https://rebornos.discourse.group/t/is-there-any-way-to-switch-from-arcolinux-to-rebornos/491/9 "2021-09-05T09:27:04Z")
> [@ycom1](#): > > exhausting work: had to install reborn apps, update, modify the pacman.d hooks, os info files and links, edit and rename some svg files… hours later … 😅 look at this, EDIT: CORRECTING MYSELF: editing and renaming SVG-files would not have been necessary. And _BTW I changed my productive system to be RebornOs : - )_ ---
**Author:** ![CookieSource](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/rebornos.discourse.group/cookiesource/32/16_2.png) [@CookieSource](https://rebornos.discourse.group/u/CookieSource)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2021, 5:07pm UTC](https://rebornos.discourse.group/t/is-there-any-way-to-switch-from-arcolinux-to-rebornos/491/10 "2021-09-05T17:07:23Z")
Very nice, I’m curious what made you decide to switch? If you don’t mind me asking ---
**Author:** ![ycom1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/rebornos.discourse.group/ycom1/32/1066_2.png) [@ycom1](https://rebornos.discourse.group/u/ycom1)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2021, 5:21pm UTC](https://rebornos.discourse.group/t/is-there-any-way-to-switch-from-arcolinux-to-rebornos/491/11 "2021-09-05T17:21:39Z")
I appreciate the work RebornOs has put into the system, as this system has an overall very comfortable enviroment with a wide variety of choices. I like it a lot. There is no clogging with AUR packages or packagekit or flatpak, i can choose freely 🙂 The freedom of choice is it - that is why I think RebornOs and Plasma are the perfect couple, a short explanation: _I was not talking about ArcoLinux vs. RebornOs but EOS vs. RebornOs, I also made a short excursion_ _trying out Arco, and it was a really great distribution. Just the forum was not as good, and_ _by the way I only could choose british english, that was a bit funny ; - ) anyhow it is not just about_ _distributions it is also about conversation._, so to close this monologue, in the end for me RebornOs won over EOS by a tiny bit 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![shivanandvp](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/rebornos.discourse.group/shivanandvp/32/10_2.png) [@shivanandvp](https://rebornos.discourse.group/u/shivanandvp)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2021, 10:08pm UTC](https://rebornos.discourse.group/t/is-there-any-way-to-switch-from-arcolinux-to-rebornos/491/13 "2021-09-06T22:08:24Z")
Thanks. All the distros you listed have their audience and cater to their needs. EndeavourOS markets itself as terminal centric and ArcoLinux is for those who want to learn Arch Linux at different levels. I presume that some forums and groups will expect a certain level of skill at using Linux. RebornOS wants to be beginner friendly and GUI friendly. We have no branding on our desktops. We provide (of course free for everyone 🙂) live assistance on [Discord](https://www.rebornos.org/discord) and this is where most of our users are. We are developing optional GUI applications to help users: [RebornOS FIRE](https://rebornos.discourse.group/t/rebornos-fire-beta/487), [RebornOS Welcome](https://rebornos.discourse.group/t/rebornos-welcome-can-do-even-more/300), [one-click mirror refresh](https://rebornos.discourse.group/t/slow-updates-here-are-new-ways-to-refresh-and-select-mirrors-on-rebornos/473), and a rescue application (planned). We’re also exploring using the Calamares installer for supporting less common storage and filesystem setups.