Manjaro’s packages being separate from the main arch linux repository is really the kicker. It’s a completely preventable source of dependency issues especially when it comes to the aur. Instructions on the arch linux wiki won’t quite line up with what you need to do on Manjaro sometimes, and eventually you’ll be SOL if you only follow the arch wiki. You won’t understand the components of your system as well if you install Manjaro so a first-time user will have a harder experience fixing their machine.
It’s a classic case of “if it aint broke don’t fix it”. Manjaro fixes a problem that never existed. Arch linux works perfectly as a daily driver. The installation process continues to get easier, and really there is no experience required, if you can follow instructions, the wiki goes into great detail on everything you need to do to get to a working system and keep it that way.
It hasn’t broken for me once in 3 years. The stuff they add on top of Arch (the installer, pamac, the tools to manage graphical drivers and kernels etc.) are genuinely useful and improve the experience for people who would have never used Arch otherwise. It’s a pleasure to use… and therein lies the crux of the matter, I think.
Some people are too in love with the idea of being cool for roughing it with Arch and can’t stand the notion of “easy Arch”. It’s the only explanation I can find for some of the stuff I hear. Like “it just broke” — when it never broke for me in daily use, and I’m using dozens of AUR packages, gaming (on Nvidia too) etc. generally doing whatever I need with it without holding back.
Manjaro. I’ve never known a distro break as much as this.
I generally don’t like to judge distro’s, because they’ve all got pros and cons. With Manjaro, the pros column is pretty empty :).
Manjaro’s packages being separate from the main arch linux repository is really the kicker. It’s a completely preventable source of dependency issues especially when it comes to the aur. Instructions on the arch linux wiki won’t quite line up with what you need to do on Manjaro sometimes, and eventually you’ll be SOL if you only follow the arch wiki. You won’t understand the components of your system as well if you install Manjaro so a first-time user will have a harder experience fixing their machine.
It’s a classic case of “if it aint broke don’t fix it”. Manjaro fixes a problem that never existed. Arch linux works perfectly as a daily driver. The installation process continues to get easier, and really there is no experience required, if you can follow instructions, the wiki goes into great detail on everything you need to do to get to a working system and keep it that way.
there’s a reason Manjarno keeps getting forked on GitHub …
Couple friends swore Manjaro was great. I tried it.
God I hate it. It feels like the worst of everything it tries to sample from.
It hasn’t broken for me once in 3 years. The stuff they add on top of Arch (the installer, pamac, the tools to manage graphical drivers and kernels etc.) are genuinely useful and improve the experience for people who would have never used Arch otherwise. It’s a pleasure to use… and therein lies the crux of the matter, I think.
Some people are too in love with the idea of being cool for roughing it with Arch and can’t stand the notion of “easy Arch”. It’s the only explanation I can find for some of the stuff I hear. Like “it just broke” — when it never broke for me in daily use, and I’m using dozens of AUR packages, gaming (on Nvidia too) etc. generally doing whatever I need with it without holding back.