So I’ve been iso live testing Manjaro KDE Plasma lately and it looks very polished.

On the other hand, there is a negative vibe towards it.

Why the hate?

  • I used Manjaro for about 3 years

    Its great but packages tend to break over time with it being a “stable” arch build

    Over that 3 year period updates managed to break my install at least 30 times

    Switched to Endeavour over a year ago and haven’t had an update break my install yet

  • CrypticCoffee@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    I’ve had it break many times during update. Don’t get me wrong, I liked it at first, but if you want a system that works after update, you’re probably better checking elsewhere. Linux Mint, and Kubuntu are far better simplicity wise. Open Suse or Arch if you want rolling updates.

  • PureTryOut@lemmy.kde.social
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    1 year ago

    The real question is, why are you considering Manjaro in the first place? What does it do that a different distro, without all the hate (which I personally think are 100% justified), doesn’t do? Why “risk” it?

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      1 year ago

      I’m an openSuse user for quite some time without any issues tbh. Just wanted to enter the Arch world and see if there is any significant difference.

      • PureTryOut@lemmy.kde.social
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        1 year ago

        Then literally just use Arch. I don’t understand why people want Arch but then install something different. If you don’t want to go through the install process then it’s honestly just not for you, but if you really want to try anyway give EndeavourOS a shot.

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    1 year ago

    In short, the maintainers have made questionable decisions over the years, and the Arch Linux packages are held back by two weeks on Manjaro for… basically no reason.

    If you want an out-of-the-box solution to Arch Linux, just use EndeavourOS.

    • Kongar@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 year ago

      This. Manjaro isn’t trash, but there are better options. This coming from a guy who used manjaro and loved it for years.