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What is your unbiased opinion on Manjaro? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by MagneticFusion@lemm.ee to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I am a Linux noobie and have only used Mint for around six months now. While I have definitely learned a lot, I don't have the time to always be doing crazy power user stuff and just want something that works out of the box. While I love Mint, I want to try out other decently easy to use distros as well, specifically not based on Ubuntu, so no Pop OS. Is Manjaro a possibly good distro for me to check out?

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[–] blackstrat@lemmy.fwgx.uk 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

It sucks. I've never used Manjaro

If you've never used it then it doesn't suck half as much as your opinion.

[–] LeFantome@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago

He said it badly but his longer explanation was “I have never used it but I spent enough time ina closely linked community and heard enough horror stories to know that it sucks”. I mean, that seems fair actually.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

I used Arch for long enough (~5 years) to have seen plenty of people blame Arch for problems unique to Manjaro. I've also been following PinePhone development hoping to jump in once it stabilizes, and Manjaro is the distro with the most problems by far. Most of the problems Manjaro has, they create for themselves by trying to make Arch "more stable," whatever that's supposed to mean.

Use what you like, but I just do not feel comfortable recommending Manjaro to anyone. I'll continue to recommend Mint, Arch, OpenSUSE, and Void depending on what users are looking for.