Manjaro is so stable and fine to work with, I use it in our dental practice on several machines. Would recommend the european government to promote this OS and use it for beeing more independent. Combined with a thick budget to the creators of Manjaro.
It is not true. Manjaro does not use Arch unstable branch by default. You can choose that option though. Manjaro will take the unstable branch and does testing on it. When it is under testing, it is on a testing branch. When testing completes, the package will be put into stable branch. Manjaro uses stable branch by default.
Manjaro has been my daily driver for over 5 yrs now. Bought a laptop 2.5 yrs ago. As soon as I got it home I opened it up, put in an nvme drive, installed manjaro kde and it is still running like new. I have never had any operating system go 2 yrs plus without doing a clean install. And have zero doubts 2 yrs from now it will still be going strong on the same install. Manjaro just works, rock solid!
I'm currently using Mint 19.3 Cinnamon. But the 2 year / 6 month update cycle of Ubuntu LTS / Ubuntu based distros is bothersome, especially if there is a risk that a major version upgrade could cause issues. Plus using PPAs for software is somewhat bothersome as well.
@@briansrcadventures1316 ya.. every once in awhile I try a different distro on a second partition, every time I have to add a ppa to get a program I want it makes me appreciate the AUR even more
manjaro is an amazing distro. I've been using it on my main machine for months and its rock stable, I did have some troubles with it running window managers. I'm now running "pure arch" but It'll still be one of my go to distros for traditional desktop environments
I know exactly what you mean I was using arch for about three years then got a nvme drive and couldn't be arsed going through an arch install so just stuck Manjaro on and tbh I notice no real difference from how I use my pc.
Manjaro is my distro of choice, and caused me to finally stop distro-hopping :P Been using it for nearly a year now, and it's absolutely rock solid. Tried vanilla Arch (yes, I've installed it several times the Arch way), but tbh I prefer Manjaro, mainly for stability and support reasons. Salient might be worth a go on another SSD to faff about on, or Endeavour or MX Linux, but that would be the extent of my distro-hopping nowadays, testing.
The thing I liked about Manjaro is that it is highly functional. It seems like of all the distros it is the most efficient and bleeding edge, which is what I wanted for photo video and business use. Make me a Phone 📱 with Manjaro on it and I can throw my iPhone in the Trash.
The crazy thing is that there are so many Linux choices I am constantly trying new ones. I love that Distrowatch. The terminal, Pac-Man drives me insane after using a Debian machine. It’s a whole different language, it’s like going from English to Klingon.
Always the same when jumping between any distros with differing package management tools. Here's a 'Rosetta Stone' translation of various package manager commands for Arch/Debian/Redhat/Open-SUSE/Gentoo. wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pacman/Rosetta
@@DanWahrenberger I hit reply to drop this same link here. I've had this bookmarked for years! Essential if you distro hop or work with Linux professionally and find yourself using multiple package managers.
I really loved Manjaro Deepin, and the discontinuing of it hurt my feelings almost as much as the discontinuing of Mint KDE. Despite that, I do feel that Manjaro has replaced Ubuntu as the best hope for mainstream Linux use.
Started using Manjaro just in the last week! After using unix for work the last 5 years I had been looking for a way to ditch windows on my home PC (mainly used for gaming, hobby coding and music production). Stumbled across Manjaro for PC gaming and completely jumped into it - I don't think I'll ever go back to windows now!
37:23 you are able to use pamac from the command line as well with "pamac search" and "pamac install" . To use the AUR, use can you "pamac search -a" and "pamac build"
I haven't tried vanilla Arch, but I love Manjaro. I've been using Linux for at least 10-15 years, off and on. I was a hardcore Gentoo user years ago, but got away from it because it tends to be a PITA. I used to be really against the newbie-friendly distros, like Ubuntu, but now I really like them because I just don't have the patience anymore to deal with everything manually.
Manjaro is what I moved to once I've completely abandoned Windows, and virtualizing Linux on it. I started off perhaps overly aware of the attitude and stigma towards Arch, and the first thing I've done is set up timeshift; I was sure that it would break eventually. I'm happy to say that I've calmed down significantly, perhaps even to the point of ignorance in certain actions I take with it, because timeshift provided me with extra confidence and security, and the fact that I haven't had to restore a backup since installing it.
I switched to Manjaro at home ~half a year ago from LMDE2 and Debian stable. I love Debian, and for work I use it every day, but I wanted to try something fresh and new. I haven't regretted my decision yet!
About half a year ago or so Iswitched to Manjaro-Stable after years of Ubuntu, and I won't be going back or pass on to anything else for quite a while. Stability: I haven't seen any difference between Ubuntu and Manjaro yet. It's rock-solid on the stable channel. There is an issue with newer kernels and my old Nvidia GPU, but that's unrelated to Manjaro. AUR support via terminal: no trouble. Pamac takes care of that. Using "pamac search -a [search term]", then " pamac build [packagename]", it's done. DEs: I used to have some issues with GNOME, but they started while I was still using Ubuntu, then persisted after the switch. Now I use KDE Plasma, and I'm very happy with it. I haven't tried Xfce, as I'm not a fan of it simply because it's the DE I use at work. No trouble at all, though the Latte dock seems to be lagging behind a bit (might have been fixed by now, I'm using Cairo at the moment). Community support: at times, the tone can be a bit rougher than what's usual with Ubuntu, and there are, it seems, a few more tricksters afoot. Also, sometimes it's harder to find the right answer in the forums and other documentation. Both points might well be down to Manjaro being somewhat less beginner-oriented than Ubuntu, with experienced users making up a greater proportion of us. It's quite, quite good, though, and most people are eager to help. On the whole, if you're interested in using an Arch-based distro but can't or won't go to the lengths installing and maintaining vanilla Arch can entail, or if you're looking for a stable yet pretty cutting-edge distro with easy customisability, give Manjaro a shot.
Running Manjaro as my daily driver for a year now, and im lovin it. And indeed as long as you dont update via pamac things usually dont break. This distro really has potential, lets hope their move to go corporate will turn out well for them. Manjaro acting up in VirtualBox is a known issue thats been worked on. On bare metal ive never had any of the issues you encounter in VM's. Grafics in particular are a pita, but since thats true for basically everything you run ina VM, ill blame VBox.
Huh, do you know why pamac would break things? AFAIK pamac is just a wrapper for pacman for the most part? Unless you use it to install AUR "packages" or simular doesn't it use pacman dependency resolution etc and thus should have the same issues?
I recall installing Architect one time, I think with a Cinnamon DE. It ran well. No definite problems that I recall. Oh, the long time with a black screen happens to me with all arch-based distros I've used. I suspect it is testing the hard drive and or the source disk without letting you know what is going on. I must have rebooted several times first time I encountered that before I realized that I just needed to wait long enough. Which does seem forever! But it does eventually move on. Good stuff. I'm going to be installing it soon into a VB in order to test for new users.
Arch, because it's bleeding edge sometimes that packages can break.. Well, In like 10+ years with Arch it happened for me like twice. Seen much more Debian (and Debian based) down than Arch..
@@GreyGhost-r4z An update broke my alsamixer, but timeshift allowed me to be lazy about fixing it. If you've got a schedule to keep and you need to update, it's helpful to update your AUR packages separately and just use pacman for the time being. Updates always run the risk of breaking something, and sometimes you absolutely need to update, so I recommend setting up timeshift. Edit/clarification: I'm using minimal KDE installed on the i3 edition; my system might be more prone to breaking than others.
I remember installing Manjaro a few times (4(?)) and I distinctly remember having black screen issues each time. I think my solution was to select dd mode in Rufus when writing the *.iso to the USB. Point is that it was always a USB writing issue. Anyway, I remember really liking it each time until it would irreparably crash on me. It's a nice and easy-to-use distro that I wouldn't mind recommending to people as a possible distro.
My experience with Manjaro is that it doesn't play nice with VirtualBox but it plays much better with bare iron. I use the plasma flavor and really like it. Fully customized with 3 monitors, widgets everywhere, Bing wallpaper on my 32" and it still boots to 1.4G of RAM usage. Six months with no serious issues so far.
14:50 : On both of my machines, a Lenovo G50 and a self-built desktop with an AMD CPU (I keep forgetting the name, but it's a somewhat elderly six-core) and NVIDIA GeForce (340xx driver), Manjaro installed beautifully and quickly, more than once, as I made changes that suggested a reinstall. That's on metal, of course, not VM.
Of LMDE (sorry, not a fan of Ubuntu), MX, and Manjaro, I've found Manjaro to be the most straightforward, comprehensive, and reliable to install, set up, and use on real hardware. I'm someone who generally runs Debian in server and VM type environments and love it, but the allure of Manjaro was worth the cover fee for desktop and laptop use. It's not perfect, but of the distros out there, it's definitely top tier.
Hello OTB, Love the title! Dr. MCcoy would be proud! I like Manjaro and have used it for quite some time. I use it with kdenlive as a editing system for video and for Handbrake while I am editing my family videos that I am recording from VHS tapes with a capture box on my MX-19 box. I record on MX with OBS Studio and transfer the raw video to Manjaro and edit it in kdenlive and Handbrake to compress and do there rendering as the system is a 6 core 16gig system... It is a great way to get this project done. I can do 2 things at the same time... :-D Manjaro has been rock solid for me for 16 months and works well for what I am using it for... Yes I have my Cinnamon on it and I am really happy with the whole system... Setting up a Peppermint Respin box to play with the rendering speed of it. This box is just like the Manjaro box as I bought 3 used boards all the same ram, video, Cpu and so on.... I believe in reusing and repurposing old computer stuff an I am a bit of a eBay junky.... Lol Thanks for the Video OTB! LLAP
A good and proper walk through, thanks for that. I have tried out their live USB and that worked just fine, Except that about 20 minutes in both mouse and keyboard froze and I needed to restart, still not sure why as I was in the middle of logging in to a forum site and I was taking my time to find my PW for that, so maybe that caused it, who knows?
I love pamac for searching packages and tracing back/forth dependencies. I'll occasionally update with pamac as a rough gauge as to what the developers have been doing since last. They seem to be on/off pamac maintenance, judging from how much I have to re-run the update in terminal, but that's not as problematic as it sounds. Although, due to this, Manjaro better fits tinkerers and explorers than beginners. Not the demographic, not a problem.
I've tried several versions of Manjaro, although it was a year or two ago, but I still keep coming back to my longtime favorite, Linux Mint. .. What is your favorite DE/version of Manjaro?
Im 13 and pretty broke so a few days ago i bought a used thinkpad for cheap but i had much homework to do and not time to install linux and figure things out so for the first day i just used windows and i got so frustrated i installed manjaro on the boot drive. On Linux for the first time. I like it more than windows in every way, and my classmates think im a hacker for opening the terminal lol
Manjaro is convenient. I like it. Just install like a regular distro. Easy to manage drivers & kernels. Still has the AUR available. It saves time and effort.
As a new user to Linux OS, I tried several other popular distros such as Mx Linux, LM, Ubuntu and so on. For several reasons, ended up sticking with Manjaro. There are few items that could be better I think, but overall, for a Windows user, Manjaro seems to be the best choice.
Good video The iso files for the latest kde version do not match the philip muller key signature. I always verify the checksum and the keysignature but in msnjaro case does not match. How you verify the key signature of manjaro?
I'm a recent convert from lifetime of windows to manjaro. I started with Pop OS which is pretty good. Switched to manjaro kde last night. This will be my daily driver now
Manjaro is superb! Installing it from the official DVD is ok and works. And it might survive also a few updates and some AUR package installations but I assure you that at one moment you will get a black screen or a boot problem. It was fun, but now I really do not want to waste time with easily break-able systems.
Hello Sir, I have just installed the manjaro with the BrtFs filesystem. Everything works just fine except one thing. If you look at the file system, with Thunar or so, in debian based distro's like ubuntu there is a folder /media/. In Manjaro there is no such folder. It seems to be behind the /run/ folder. That is a problem with some applications that run on both distro's because the link to /run/media/....shared folder is not the same as /media/....shared folder. Do you have an idea why they use the /run/ folder, and how could i solve this little problem? Thanks.
My understanding is the use of /media has been replaced for dynamic automounting in favour of the /run directory. You can probably write a custom rule to change this behaviour but I would suggest your starting place should be the arch wiki
Bloke, The "Properties Window" is where I "edit" an icon to match the "incomplete set" I'm using, in this case my "go to" ... Sardi Ghost Archway, Manjaro won't let me save my edit... any thoughts? This never happened before. I've searched YT & ARCH forum for a solution, I'm waiting for a clue. I'm using Manjaro KDE 21.1. Thank's Phillip
Hi OTB. If you are planning to review the UBUNTU Deepin respin, please do it with the Fedora Deepin version, the latter is more complete. By more complete, one can mouse-right-click on the corners and add some extra functionality. When you last reviewed Deep, one mode that you displayed for the viewers was the "Gnome all" mode. At that time, you missed an additional option when that mode is presented. It is the cross hatch icon about 2.5cm from each corner of the left corner. It changes the "Gnome all" mode to a "Gnome-all" mode with categories A very practical view to quickly find an application of choice. There was a comment (another previewer) that could not see the terminal icon. I just mouse-right-clicked it over the desktop and selected terminal. It was there. I tried to go into the mindset of the Ubuntu Deepin respin developers and arrived at two considerations -- 1) They forgot to make a desktop icon or 2) they intentionally omitted the desktop icon, as new users to Linux do not need to venture there. Have a great Easter. The virus hasw kept me home the past 30 days. My provincial government tells me, it will last to 3 May or longer. I am older than you so, I won't venture out to put myself and my wife at risk. I have adapted to being a hermit. Do keep well, and I must tell you that I look forward to your next posts. Leslie PS. We have a Amazon fireTv thing at home and it gives me full steaming to TH-cam streaming+++, but with no keyboard access. I have to turn on the computer to write this feedback.
@@OldTechBloke I am using the Fedora 32 beta and I then did a sudo dnf group list followed by a sudo dnf group install "selected group" My default installation is done with "Everything-network installation".
Really enjoyed your video. I installed it to my computer with no issues. One if the things I love about xfce is that when you middle mouse click you see what apps are running in their respective workspaces. Aside from that, Manjaro is running fine!😀
Feren os in 2020 is leaving a lot of distro for the lightness and stability are its strong points, one thing that always discouraged me in a linux distro is the printer driver compatibility feren os is very well in that aspect installed in just one click. Feren os for me is the best linux distro, the first version in 2017 really had a lot of bugs it was horrible but this distro now in 2020 very fast, you can download and install that you will not regret. The feren OS team is to be congratulated.
Slow boot time though, unless you fiddle about turning some legacy services off. I prefer Archman and Arco myself, they're as easy to install and maintain, but are generally faster all round.
If you have plenty of time, use arch. If you want 2 save time use manjaro. Btw: 5 years installation, i7 3770k switched to new ryzen 3770k with entirely new mb.... No big deal, no new reinstall needed. Awsome. Within 5 years no broken package or dependency. Just last week wine 6.3 could not open vst windows plugins anymore. Fixed within 2 weeks with 6.4, roll back to 6.3 was pretty easy. So i would say arch manjaro ist rock solid an fast as hell.
Only thing I am missing from Manjaro is an easy way to disable middle click paste. When I scroll through pages it gets annoying because it pastes things all the time
Great vid, I installed manjaro 20.0.3 on Vbox 6.0.22.r13798. I did all the default steps you did on your 1st attempt installing, but didn't run into any errors or black screen delays. Oh i did do swap file with no hibernate.. I'm still in testing mode before I put it on my dual boot with win10, but liking it so far. Watching vids like yours is very helpful, Thanks for the good job. You earned a like and a sub!
"...tiling window managers aren't really the thing for me", he said around 3:50. :) Now we know that he just did not know yet that he loves tiling window managers, i3 just is not the right one for him and it takes some time getting used to it. It seems that openbox is the gatewaydrug in-between full DE's and tiling window-managers. The sweet irony, a floating window-managers being the gateway-drug to tiling.
Manjaro 19.0.1 is now available, btw, when you did a full update it switched to ver. 19.0 "Kyria" (as you can see in the title bar of Manjaro Hello) Btw, default install always worked on all my PCs. I dont know what happened there... probably, non-free drivers choice
The 'not installing' issue may have been a Calamares issue? I assume the installer was based on Calamares? I installed three versions of Sparky on metal recently and the erase and install option failed on me every time, exactly how it just failed for you in Manjaro, but the manual partitioning option worked perfectly. What I do like about Manjaro is that it is easy to install and set up and that you can go from one LTS kernel to the next really easily. Personally, I only do updates by going to TTY (Ctl-Alt-F2) as I just found it to be the safest option for updating Manjaro. Also have to say that I'm not really a fan of pure Arch or pure Debian :) I'm simply just not that technical... nor do I necessarily want to be lol.
Hi Michael, a few people have pointed out that the latest version of calamares is buggy. But hey, use whichever distro suits you, that’s what I like about Linux - the choice
I see the pos Calamares Installer still has problems with partitioning. I think the older version in Debian does not suffer from this bug, but I could be wrong about that. :-)
@@OldTechBloke I have seen this behaviour in Calamares for the past year at least. If you look through the Calamares issues page on their GitHub there are plenty of entries regarding partitioning problems. Its gotten to the point that many distros that use Calamares now recommend partitioning in gparted before running the installer and then use the partitions you created when in Calamares.
Yeah. Calamares has always had issues crashing when doing specific tasks like manual partitioning and stuff. I’ve personally never had issues with Calamares but I know a lot of people have.
I've had issues with Calmares installer failing using auto partition as well, however manual partitioning usually works. Occasionally I have had to partition with Gparted, then run the installer.
After ten years on Debian I'm starting to think that rolling releases might be the way to, and that Manjaro rolling two weeks behind bleeding edge might be the best of both. Anyone use it in a server environment?
All my computers except that of my wife run Manjaro. I have 3 servers and two workstations running on it and I am very happy with it. 2 head less servers for the web redundant for if one fails and one for all media and games with several heads (the two workstations). My wife is a Google geek so she has a all-in-one touch screen Chrome machine which is actually quite a good machine for what she wants. Not my computer but it does what she wants and does it extremely fast. Horses for causes.
My primary distro is Fedora (2 laptops), but I have one each of EndeavourOS and Debian Stable. All good, IMHO. I think EndeavourOS is a great way to try Arch. It's closer to pure Arch than Manjaro, but it is an easy way to get Arch installed. Two months so far with it, and no problems whatsoever. Cheers.
I have tried Manjaro a couple of times. What's putting me off is the regular weekly updates. Such is a rolling release distro. I think I'm just happier with a point release distro, e.g. Kubuntu / Linux Mint.
Oh god no, rolling release is the whole reason many love Arch and Manjaro. Who wants to reinstall everytime support ends? Certainly not something most people want to do or even know how to do if you are just a normal desktop user who sees a pc as a tool to do emails, internet and office work. Yes yes I know linix people don't like noobs but it is that ability to survive in that environment that will give linux a fighting chance against the likes of windows, which now also seems to have gone the rolling release route...
@@TheXaelem Yes, the 6 monthly / 2 yearly release cycle of Ubuntu / Ubuntu LTS are somewhat bothersome... Anyway, it looks like I've got more spare time on my hands (all my other activities cancelled due to a certain virus!), so I may as well try Manjaro for a while...
My Windows 10 Home - Dell laptop comes with Device Encryption. To access the bootable USB I need to disable Secure Boot and then am able to use Ubuntu using the "Try It" option (I also have to enable Legacy Boot). Once I'm done trying Ubuntu, the issue I have is that Windows keeps asking for the Recovery Key. The only way I can access Windows is by re-enabling Secure Boot. If I do install Ubuntu / Manjaro do I need to re-enable Secure Boot to access Windows 10. If I do so, will I face any issues in accessing Ubuntu and Windows the way it's shown here. Really need some guidance on this one before I install Ubuntu or Manjaro.
As far as I can understand: Ubuntu has signed Kernels withe Verisign, so you can use it alongside Windows with secure boot easily. Manjaro don't have those signatures, so technically for using it you have to disable secure boot. In certain computers you'll able to implement secure boot after you have installed Manjaro or anything else... But don't know what those computers are. Have Google as a friend for you on that.
This is a cool walk-through of Manjaro. I've been running Manjaro on my Raspberry Pi 4. I find the ARM version is a much better experience compared to the Debian version for ARM. I would love to see you do a video on the ARM architecture.
I miss the "Mepis" half of MX, I really liked that distro. MX is pretty good, too. Mint XFCE is another of my go-to's. PCLinuXOS's take on KDE (especially in the Plasma era) is pretty good. (Disclaimer: haven't actually used them since 2018). Just don't go with the "Full Monty" variant, unless you're a power user.
@Human Being Thanks for the recommendation. Right now I'm doing well with Pop OS. But still deciding how I feel about the Gnome desktop with PopOS. Still getting my feet wet
The long delay is gnome building it's dictionary of applications and files. This dictionary is used to anticipate your application id, given the first few characters of the name.
I could never get into the right update rhythm with Manjaro, the update system (pacman) kept breaking and locking itself up. Apparently it does that if you don't update often enough, or update too often. I expect better from such a crucial component of a distro, especially after long usage of synaptic on Debian-derived distros with far fewer troubles (and what troubles I had didn't need CLI intervention like Manjaro routinely did). I gave Manjaro three tries, three different versions, and they struck out with me. If it works for you, great, I'm happy for you. Just consider yourself warned.
I think what is missing in the Linux world to me is that Linux generally has a following with nerds like me. Normal people have the wrong ideas about it because they don’t see it and don’t understand it. People want solutions to their lives from the electronics they carry. Marketing. Take Apple. Their phones integrate with their computers. How does Linux compare to THAT ? If Linux in general could build that into an everyday lifestyle then it would prosper.
It will never happen because it’s a community rather than an organisation so it doesn’t have any financial clout. Personally I use it because I like it, but then again I’m a nerd too :-)
@@OldTechBloke thanks!! Your voice always sounds natural an rich. I was thinking of getting a new mic . Do you use a rode stand? What kind of mixer do you run the mic through?
Hi yes I use the rode psa1 boom arm and put the mic through a Mackie mix 8 mixer. However this mike is VERY gain hungry so I also amplify it with phantom power using a Marti audio booster - you could also use a fethead or cloudlifter. Unless you have an expensive preamp of course. The focusright audio interface just don’t have enough clean gain, but this is always an issue with decent dynamic microphones
@@OldTechBloke I would like a Debian-based alternative for the latest hardware and gaming (you need the latest software for both) and I rather stay away from Ubuntu (Snap).
I don't know... I mean - it's subjective, but Manjaro looks bit old fashioned and not prettiest, to be honest. It might be not the *most* important, but it still is quite important if you work with the system everyday (as desktop OS). And there more and more good looking distros around.
Totally agree on that look, not my cup of tea either. But you can easily customize it with a more modern look, which I did. My prefer themes , which look more professional, are from that guy "paulxfce" at xfce-look.org. Also there are tons of icons themes too like the very popular "korla" set. That said Manjaro is a very solid base and more up to date then any debian distro, especially if you use the "testing" branch.
I used to love Manjaro and it used to work perfectly fine for me up until recently. But the last two times I installed it, updates broke the system and I couldn't boot into it. Just recently I installed the budgie version in a virtual machine and the same thing happened. I don't have the time to deal with this, I just want a distro that works for me. The experience is different for other people but for me I'm sticking with Kubuntu :)
manjaro is for tinkers ... its running systemd ... .. i use the kde distro .. its far the best distro, the most able to be REconfigured on a system lev ... "eg . change network with out isshues (i use dhcpclient for the networkmanager.servis "easytether-usb" fix for auto connect and hotspot) ... i have not found a app that was not ported to the AUR , and the community apps .. also can install .deb "lol it works most of the time " ps ... a Wiswig arch installer is the CLI installer "architect"
Used to use Arch, but the long time it takes to install and some hardware compatibility issues I decided to try Manjaro. I have not looked back in years. I have not had the installation issues you saw in hundreds of installs I've done over the years. Emulators always bring on these kinds of errors and is not a fair way to review an OS. I used to use Arch and Fedora but since my jump to Manjaro I've not longed for any function or feature in any of those and the speed is blistering. Debian is a dinosaur, I won't even consider using that. If I wanted a dinosaur I'd still rather install Slackware or Centos.
Hate to say this but I use Slackware as well 😁 but these days flat packs keep my obs studio and kdenlive up to date. Arch is there as well for playing. But the problems I experienced were undoubtedly due to the VM. Not ideal but it’s not realistic to do every review on bare mental. I acknowledged that though and thought the distro came out well
here in states we have a OTB.. Off Track Betting.... for horse racing.. minty xfce here. newbie will returning after 20 years.. i think iam in trouble.. iam hooked . linux my new drug hahha
I suspect that the uproar with regard to FreeOffice was not only about it being included but also about the Manjaro-users not trusting the motive which the Manjaro team gave. The Manjaro team claimed that FreeOffice is better than LibreOffice and that is simply not true. In my language there is the expression that you have to sit still if you are getting shaved, it is self-explanatory. The Manjaro-team should immediately have done a mea culpa and have been straightforward with their reasons. Back then I used Manjaro, now I use Arch. This was not the only reason why I switched but it might have contributed to it. I don't mind Manjaro having become a business, it depends on the execution whether or not I tolerate it. Bundling proprietary software which is useless unless you buy it? No. Offering that? No. Offering consultancy to companies who want to use Linux? Sure. Working together with some OEM/ODM for laptops/desktops (like System76)? Sure.
Interesting comment about GIMP... personally, GIMP is overkill for anything I want to do. Instead, I use Pinta - it's essentially a Linux version of Paint .NET on Windows.
I've loved Manjaro for the past 3 years. It's been rock-solid.
Manjaro is so stable and fine to work with, I use it in our dental practice on several machines. Would recommend the european government to promote this OS and use it for beeing more independent. Combined with a thick budget to the creators of Manjaro.
TBH Arch most stable then Manjaro since Manjaro uses unstable branch of Arch while in Arch you will have the stable release set as default .
It is not true. Manjaro does not use Arch unstable branch by default. You can choose that option though. Manjaro will take the unstable branch and does testing on it. When it is under testing, it is on a testing branch. When testing completes, the package will be put into stable branch. Manjaro uses stable branch by default.
@@catchnkill yet still there is higher chance to break your distro with Manjaro than Arch.
We fixed the partioning issue with 19.0 release as we updated kpmcore to 4.1.0 version. 18.1.5 was still based on kpmcore 3.0
Thanks for the info
Manjaro has been my daily driver for over 5 yrs now. Bought a laptop 2.5 yrs ago. As soon as I got it home I opened it up, put in an nvme drive, installed manjaro kde and it is still running like new.
I have never had any operating system go 2 yrs plus without doing a clean install. And have zero doubts 2 yrs from now it will still be going strong on the same install. Manjaro just works, rock solid!
I'm currently using Mint 19.3 Cinnamon. But the 2 year / 6 month update cycle of Ubuntu LTS / Ubuntu based distros is bothersome, especially if there is a risk that a major version upgrade could cause issues. Plus using PPAs for software is somewhat bothersome as well.
@@briansrcadventures1316 ya.. every once in awhile I try a different distro on a second partition, every time I have to add a ppa to get a program I want it makes me appreciate the AUR even more
I'm giving it a try in a minute. I'm so fed up with Ubuntu 20.04's bugs.
I have been using Manjaro for the last twelve months and love it.
manjaro is an amazing distro. I've been using it on my main machine for months and its rock stable, I did have some troubles with it running window managers. I'm now running "pure arch" but It'll still be one of my go to distros for traditional desktop environments
@@raphk1040 what desktop environment you're using now?
@@thearyaputra Right now I'm running Qtile I don't have any desktop environments installed at the moment. I usually run KDE Plasma though.
@@raphk1040 qtile is really goood for perfomance, productivity; really useful for programmers
@Simple Tech what happened?
Manjaro team brings some good tools. I like their jobs, no matter what distro I prefer. Wish the best to them.
Next build, Ill give Manjaro a shot. Not that I dont like Arch.... I love it. But as I get older, Im becoming lazy!
I know exactly what you mean I was using arch for about three years then got a nvme drive and couldn't be arsed going through an arch install so just stuck Manjaro on and tbh I notice no real difference from how I use my pc.
Manjaro is my distro of choice, and caused me to finally stop distro-hopping :P
Been using it for nearly a year now, and it's absolutely rock solid.
Tried vanilla Arch (yes, I've installed it several times the Arch way), but tbh I prefer Manjaro, mainly for stability and support reasons.
Salient might be worth a go on another SSD to faff about on, or Endeavour or MX Linux, but that would be the extent of my distro-hopping nowadays, testing.
I have used many different OS. Manjaro, Mint and MXLinux. Loved them all. Especially Manjaro.
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The thing I liked about Manjaro is that it is highly functional. It seems like of all the distros it is the most efficient and bleeding edge, which is what I wanted for photo video and business use. Make me a Phone 📱 with Manjaro on it and I can throw my iPhone in the Trash.
There is a manjaro phone now :)
@@pxltr pinephone
The crazy thing is that there are so many Linux choices I am constantly trying new ones. I love that Distrowatch. The terminal, Pac-Man drives me insane after using a Debian machine. It’s a whole different language, it’s like going from English to Klingon.
Always the same when jumping between any distros with differing package management tools. Here's a 'Rosetta Stone' translation of various package manager commands for Arch/Debian/Redhat/Open-SUSE/Gentoo.
wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pacman/Rosetta
@@DanWahrenberger I hit reply to drop this same link here. I've had this bookmarked for years! Essential if you distro hop or work with Linux professionally and find yourself using multiple package managers.
I really loved Manjaro Deepin, and the discontinuing of it hurt my feelings almost as much as the discontinuing of Mint KDE.
Despite that, I do feel that Manjaro has replaced Ubuntu as the best hope for mainstream Linux use.
arco linux deepin
the best thing about Manjaro .. it get stuff 2 week after Arch .. it just work without bugs
Started using Manjaro just in the last week! After using unix for work the last 5 years I had been looking for a way to ditch windows on my home PC (mainly used for gaming, hobby coding and music production). Stumbled across Manjaro for PC gaming and completely jumped into it - I don't think I'll ever go back to windows now!
37:23 you are able to use pamac from the command line as well with "pamac search" and "pamac install" .
To use the AUR, use can you "pamac search -a" and "pamac build"
I haven't tried vanilla Arch, but I love Manjaro. I've been using Linux for at least 10-15 years, off and on. I was a hardcore Gentoo user years ago, but got away from it because it tends to be a PITA. I used to be really against the newbie-friendly distros, like Ubuntu, but now I really like them because I just don't have the patience anymore to deal with everything manually.
Manjaro is what I moved to once I've completely abandoned Windows, and virtualizing Linux on it. I started off perhaps overly aware of the attitude and stigma towards Arch, and the first thing I've done is set up timeshift; I was sure that it would break eventually. I'm happy to say that I've calmed down significantly, perhaps even to the point of ignorance in certain actions I take with it, because timeshift provided me with extra confidence and security, and the fact that I haven't had to restore a backup since installing it.
I used to use it but these days on vanilla arch I just save my dot files and leave it at that
For me I set Deb
I switched to Manjaro at home ~half a year ago from LMDE2 and Debian stable. I love Debian, and for work I use it every day, but I wanted to try something fresh and new. I haven't regretted my decision yet!
I switched from Arch with Xcfe to Manjaro with KDE Plasma back in September. Still using it, it works quite well.
About half a year ago or so Iswitched to Manjaro-Stable after years of Ubuntu, and I won't be going back or pass on to anything else for quite a while.
Stability: I haven't seen any difference between Ubuntu and Manjaro yet. It's rock-solid on the stable channel. There is an issue with newer kernels and my old Nvidia GPU, but that's unrelated to Manjaro.
AUR support via terminal: no trouble. Pamac takes care of that. Using "pamac search -a [search term]", then " pamac build [packagename]", it's done.
DEs: I used to have some issues with GNOME, but they started while I was still using Ubuntu, then persisted after the switch. Now I use KDE Plasma, and I'm very happy with it. I haven't tried Xfce, as I'm not a fan of it simply because it's the DE I use at work. No trouble at all, though the Latte dock seems to be lagging behind a bit (might have been fixed by now, I'm using Cairo at the moment).
Community support: at times, the tone can be a bit rougher than what's usual with Ubuntu, and there are, it seems, a few more tricksters afoot. Also, sometimes it's harder to find the right answer in the forums and other documentation. Both points might well be down to Manjaro being somewhat less beginner-oriented than Ubuntu, with experienced users making up a greater proportion of us. It's quite, quite good, though, and most people are eager to help.
On the whole, if you're interested in using an Arch-based distro but can't or won't go to the lengths installing and maintaining vanilla Arch can entail, or if you're looking for a stable yet pretty cutting-edge distro with easy customisability, give Manjaro a shot.
Running Manjaro as my daily driver for a year now, and im lovin it. And indeed as long as you dont update via pamac things usually dont break.
This distro really has potential, lets hope their move to go corporate will turn out well for them.
Manjaro acting up in VirtualBox is a known issue thats been worked on. On bare metal ive never had any of the issues you encounter in VM's.
Grafics in particular are a pita, but since thats true for basically everything you run ina VM, ill blame VBox.
I certainly do mate
Huh, do you know why pamac would break things? AFAIK pamac is just a wrapper for pacman for the most part? Unless you use it to install AUR "packages" or simular doesn't it use pacman dependency resolution etc and thus should have the same issues?
I recall installing Architect one time, I think with a Cinnamon DE. It ran well. No definite problems that I recall. Oh, the long time with a black screen happens to me with all arch-based distros I've used. I suspect it is testing the hard drive and or the source disk without letting you know what is going on. I must have rebooted several times first time I encountered that before I realized that I just needed to wait long enough. Which does seem forever! But it does eventually move on. Good stuff. I'm going to be installing it soon into a VB in order to test for new users.
Arch, because it's bleeding edge sometimes that packages can break.. Well, In like 10+ years with Arch it happened for me like twice. Seen much more Debian (and Debian based) down than Arch..
I must have run it for 3-4 years now and to be honest it’s just the odd issue with single packages
I'm using manjaro and I'm comfortable with it, and if ever manjaro is not maintained anymore I'll switch to arch
@@galihpa It's hard to imagine why Manjaro would ever stop being maintaned at this point.
@@dawkot6955 yeah it's very unlikely
Same. Debian always break for no reason. Some days it just doesn't want to login. Never happened with manjaro.
I think Manjaro is a noobs version for Arch,I like it
im on the verge of switching and this is what I need a distro that runs games and is somewhat stable.
@Qushy I'll test it over the weekend, thanks!
and yeah. You can say you are an archer in omgubuntu XD
Qushy I ran Manjaro and it never broke.
@@GreyGhost-r4z An update broke my alsamixer, but timeshift allowed me to be lazy about fixing it. If you've got a schedule to keep and you need to update, it's helpful to update your AUR packages separately and just use pacman for the time being. Updates always run the risk of breaking something, and sometimes you absolutely need to update, so I recommend setting up timeshift.
Edit/clarification: I'm using minimal KDE installed on the i3 edition; my system might be more prone to breaking than others.
I remember installing Manjaro a few times (4(?)) and I distinctly remember having black screen issues each time. I think my solution was to select dd mode in Rufus when writing the *.iso to the USB. Point is that it was always a USB writing issue. Anyway, I remember really liking it each time until it would irreparably crash on me. It's a nice and easy-to-use distro that I wouldn't mind recommending to people as a possible distro.
My experience with Manjaro is that it doesn't play nice with VirtualBox but it plays much better with bare iron. I use the plasma flavor and really like it. Fully customized with 3 monitors, widgets everywhere, Bing wallpaper on my 32" and it still boots to 1.4G of RAM usage. Six months with no serious issues so far.
I installed Manjaro just yesterday on my laptop. I had none of the issues you encountered.
Yep all down to virtualbox
14:50 : On both of my machines, a Lenovo G50 and a self-built desktop with an AMD CPU (I keep forgetting the name, but it's a somewhat elderly six-core) and NVIDIA GeForce (340xx driver), Manjaro installed beautifully and quickly, more than once, as I made changes that suggested a reinstall. That's on metal, of course, not VM.
Of LMDE (sorry, not a fan of Ubuntu), MX, and Manjaro, I've found Manjaro to be the most straightforward, comprehensive, and reliable to install, set up, and use on real hardware. I'm someone who generally runs Debian in server and VM type environments and love it, but the allure of Manjaro was worth the cover fee for desktop and laptop use. It's not perfect, but of the distros out there, it's definitely top tier.
Hello OTB, Love the title! Dr. MCcoy would be proud!
I like Manjaro and have used it for quite some time. I use it with kdenlive as a editing system for video and for Handbrake while I am editing my family videos that I am recording from VHS tapes with a capture box on my MX-19 box. I record on MX with OBS Studio and transfer the raw video to Manjaro and edit it in kdenlive and Handbrake to compress and do there rendering as the system is a 6 core 16gig system... It is a great way to get this project done. I can do 2 things at the same time... :-D
Manjaro has been rock solid for me for 16 months and works well for what I am using it for... Yes I have my Cinnamon on it and I am really happy with the whole system...
Setting up a Peppermint Respin box to play with the rendering speed of it. This box is just like the Manjaro box as I bought 3 used boards all the same ram, video, Cpu and so on.... I believe in reusing and repurposing old computer stuff an I am a bit of a eBay junky.... Lol
Thanks for the Video OTB!
LLAP
Cheers Bruce, from one eBay junkie to another :-)
A good and proper walk through, thanks for that. I have tried out their live USB and that worked just fine, Except that about 20 minutes in both mouse and keyboard froze and I needed to restart, still not sure why as I was in the middle of logging in to a forum site and I was taking my time to find my PW for that, so maybe that caused it, who knows?
VirtualBox didn't like me, or i didn't like it, so now using VMware and Mangaro is up n running, installed even got my printer via CUPS, LOL!
I love pamac for searching packages and tracing back/forth dependencies. I'll occasionally update with pamac as a rough gauge as to what the developers have been doing since last. They seem to be on/off pamac maintenance, judging from how much I have to re-run the update in terminal, but that's not as problematic as it sounds. Although, due to this, Manjaro better fits tinkerers and explorers than beginners. Not the demographic, not a problem.
I just installed Garuda on an old mac mini and Manjaro on my main desktop with no issues on either.
I've tried several versions of Manjaro, although it was a year or two ago, but I still keep coming back to my longtime favorite, Linux Mint.
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What is your favorite DE/version of Manjaro?
Probably xfce
Im 13 and pretty broke so a few days ago i bought a used thinkpad for cheap but i had much homework to do and not time to install linux and figure things out so for the first day i just used windows and i got so frustrated i installed manjaro on the boot drive. On Linux for the first time. I like it more than windows in every way, and my classmates think im a hacker for opening the terminal lol
Manjaro is convenient. I like it. Just install like a regular distro. Easy to manage drivers & kernels. Still has the AUR available. It saves time and effort.
As a new user to Linux OS, I tried several other popular distros such as Mx Linux, LM, Ubuntu and so on. For several reasons, ended up sticking with Manjaro. There are few items that could be better I think, but overall, for a Windows user, Manjaro seems to be the best choice.
Good video
The iso files for the latest kde version do not match the philip muller key signature. I always verify the checksum and the keysignature but in msnjaro case does not match.
How you verify the key signature of manjaro?
Arch and Debian are the thing!
I'm a recent convert from lifetime of windows to manjaro. I started with Pop OS which is pretty good. Switched to manjaro kde last night. This will be my daily driver now
I just wish I could stay with Linux. I might have to dual boot windows 8 along side it because certain games just suck running in Linux.
I've been using RebornOS and quite enjoying it, it's arch with your choice of desktops and you can run android apps
i used mint for a year, looked at manjaro and now i run manjaro on both my desktop and laptop for 2 years now. and i am donating $5 :)
Good on you
the kde plasma version of manjaro is the e=best plasma used and makes arch pwn kde variants all thanks to manjaro ty
Manjaro is superb! Installing it from the official DVD is ok and works. And it might survive also a few updates and some AUR package installations but I assure you that at one moment you will get a black screen or a boot problem. It was fun, but now I really do not want to waste time with easily break-able systems.
Understandable
Hello Sir, I have just installed the manjaro with the BrtFs filesystem. Everything works just fine except one thing. If you look at the file system, with Thunar or so, in debian based distro's like ubuntu there is a folder /media/. In Manjaro there is no such folder. It seems to be behind the /run/ folder. That is a problem with some applications that run on both distro's because the link to /run/media/....shared folder is not the same as /media/....shared folder.
Do you have an idea why they use the /run/ folder, and how could i solve this little problem?
Thanks.
My understanding is the use of /media has been replaced for dynamic automounting in favour of the /run directory. You can probably write a custom rule to change this behaviour but I would suggest your starting place should be the arch wiki
@@OldTechBloke Thank you, i will look into that.
Arch and debian are my favorite too
Bloke, The "Properties Window" is where I "edit" an icon to match the
"incomplete set" I'm using, in this case my "go to" ... Sardi Ghost
Archway, Manjaro won't let me save my edit... any thoughts? This never
happened before. I've searched YT & ARCH forum for a solution, I'm
waiting for a clue. I'm using Manjaro KDE 21.1. Thank's Phillip
Hi OTB. If you are planning to review the UBUNTU Deepin respin, please do it with the Fedora Deepin version, the latter is more complete. By more complete, one can mouse-right-click on the corners and add some extra functionality.
When you last reviewed Deep, one mode that you displayed for the viewers was the "Gnome all" mode. At that time, you missed an additional option when that mode is presented. It is the cross hatch icon about 2.5cm from each corner of the left corner. It changes the "Gnome all" mode to a "Gnome-all" mode with categories A very practical view to quickly find an application of choice. There was a comment (another previewer) that could not see the terminal icon. I just mouse-right-clicked it over the desktop and selected terminal. It was there.
I tried to go into the mindset of the Ubuntu Deepin respin developers and arrived at two considerations -- 1) They forgot to make a desktop icon or 2) they intentionally omitted the desktop icon, as new users to Linux do not need to venture there.
Have a great Easter. The virus hasw kept me home the past 30 days. My provincial government tells me, it will last to 3 May or longer. I am older than you so, I won't venture out to put myself and my wife at risk. I have adapted to being a hermit. Do keep well, and I must tell you that I look forward to your next posts.
Leslie
PS. We have a Amazon fireTv thing at home and it gives me full steaming to TH-cam streaming+++, but with no keyboard access. I have to turn on the computer to write this feedback.
Hi Leslie, you stay well too. I’ll take a look at the fedora deepin
@@OldTechBloke I am using the Fedora 32 beta and I then did a sudo dnf group list followed by a sudo dnf group install "selected group"
My default installation is done with "Everything-network installation".
Really enjoyed your video. I installed it to my computer with no issues. One if the things I love about xfce is that when you middle mouse click you see what apps are running in their respective workspaces. Aside from that, Manjaro is running fine!😀
Feren os in 2020 is leaving a lot of distro for the lightness and stability are its strong points, one thing that always discouraged me in a linux distro is the printer driver compatibility feren os is very well in that aspect installed in just one click.
Feren os for me is the best linux distro, the first version in 2017 really had a lot of bugs it was horrible but this distro now in 2020 very fast, you can download and install that you will not regret.
The feren OS team is to be congratulated.
I love manjaro but that boot thing does happen occasionally ... sometimes my machine doesn’t boot and I don’t know what causes that ...
I use Manjaro KDE on 4 systems. I like it a lot.
Slow boot time though, unless you fiddle about turning some legacy services off.
I prefer Archman and Arco myself, they're as easy to install and maintain, but are generally faster all round.
If you have plenty of time, use arch. If you want 2 save time use manjaro. Btw: 5 years installation, i7 3770k switched to new ryzen 3770k with entirely new mb.... No big deal, no new reinstall needed. Awsome. Within 5 years no broken package or dependency. Just last week wine 6.3 could not open vst windows plugins anymore. Fixed within 2 weeks with 6.4, roll back to 6.3 was pretty easy. So i would say arch manjaro ist rock solid an fast as hell.
Only thing I am missing from Manjaro is an easy way to disable middle click paste. When I scroll through pages it gets annoying because it pastes things all the time
Great vid, I installed manjaro 20.0.3 on Vbox 6.0.22.r13798. I did all the default steps you did on your 1st attempt installing, but didn't run into any errors or black screen delays.
Oh i did do swap file with no hibernate..
I'm still in testing mode before I put it on my dual boot with win10, but liking it so far.
Watching vids like yours is very helpful, Thanks for the good job.
You earned a like and a sub!
Cheers Thorish
"...tiling window managers aren't really the thing for me", he said around 3:50. :) Now we know that he just did not know yet that he loves tiling window managers, i3 just is not the right one for him and it takes some time getting used to it. It seems that openbox is the gatewaydrug in-between full DE's and tiling window-managers. The sweet irony, a floating window-managers being the gateway-drug to tiling.
Manjaro 19.0.1 is now available, btw, when you did a full update it switched to ver. 19.0 "Kyria" (as you can see in the title bar of Manjaro Hello)
Btw, default install always worked on all my PCs. I dont know what happened there... probably, non-free drivers choice
Could be, but virtualbox is never a smooth ride
@@OldTechBloke VirtualBox 6 is a PITA... but the install problem should be fixed in 19.0.1
the steam option is only a link to install steam, so for them that do not game it do not take space
The 'not installing' issue may have been a Calamares issue? I assume the installer was based on Calamares? I installed three versions of Sparky on metal recently and the erase and install option failed on me every time, exactly how it just failed for you in Manjaro, but the manual partitioning option worked perfectly. What I do like about Manjaro is that it is easy to install and set up and that you can go from one LTS kernel to the next really easily. Personally, I only do updates by going to TTY (Ctl-Alt-F2) as I just found it to be the safest option for updating Manjaro. Also have to say that I'm not really a fan of pure Arch or pure Debian :) I'm simply just not that technical... nor do I necessarily want to be lol.
Hi Michael, a few people have pointed out that the latest version of calamares is buggy. But hey, use whichever distro suits you, that’s what I like about Linux - the choice
I see the pos Calamares Installer still has problems with partitioning. I think the older version in Debian does not suffer from this bug, but I could be wrong about that. :-)
I haven’t come across the issue in Debian but for new users this could be a show stopper
@@OldTechBloke I have seen this behaviour in Calamares for the past year at least. If you look through the Calamares issues page on their GitHub there are plenty of entries regarding partitioning problems. Its gotten to the point that many distros that use Calamares now recommend partitioning in gparted before running the installer and then use the partitions you created when in Calamares.
I wasn’t aware of that mate
Yeah. Calamares has always had issues crashing when doing specific tasks like manual partitioning and stuff. I’ve personally never had issues with Calamares but I know a lot of people have.
I've had issues with Calmares installer failing using auto partition as well, however manual partitioning usually works. Occasionally I have had to partition with Gparted, then run the installer.
I've moved to Endeavor OS from Manjaro after 5 years.
It's Arch with the training wheels on
After ten years on Debian I'm starting to think that rolling releases might be the way to, and that Manjaro rolling two weeks behind bleeding edge might be the best of both. Anyone use it in a server environment?
I still use debian stable on my vps and don't think I'd be brave enough to try a rolling release on it. But arch all the way on my desktop
All my computers except that of my wife run Manjaro. I have 3 servers and two workstations running on it and I am very happy with it. 2 head less servers for the web redundant for if one fails and one for all media and games with several heads (the two workstations). My wife is a Google geek so she has a all-in-one touch screen Chrome machine which is actually quite a good machine for what she wants. Not my computer but it does what she wants and does it extremely fast. Horses for causes.
My primary distro is Fedora (2 laptops), but I have one each of EndeavourOS and Debian Stable. All good, IMHO. I think EndeavourOS is a great way to try Arch. It's closer to pure Arch than Manjaro, but it is an easy way to get Arch installed. Two months so far with it, and no problems whatsoever. Cheers.
There are some great distros around these days and easy arch installs seem to be more common than ever. Not a bad thing in my opinion
I have tried Manjaro a couple of times. What's putting me off is the regular weekly updates. Such is a rolling release distro. I think I'm just happier with a point release distro, e.g. Kubuntu / Linux Mint.
Completely understand that. It’s why I mainly use Debian
Oh god no, rolling release is the whole reason many love Arch and Manjaro. Who wants to reinstall everytime support ends? Certainly not something most people want to do or even know how to do if you are just a normal desktop user who sees a pc as a tool to do emails, internet and office work. Yes yes I know linix people don't like noobs but it is that ability to survive in that environment that will give linux a fighting chance against the likes of windows, which now also seems to have gone the rolling release route...
@@TheXaelem Yes, the 6 monthly / 2 yearly release cycle of Ubuntu / Ubuntu LTS are somewhat bothersome... Anyway, it looks like I've got more spare time on my hands (all my other activities cancelled due to a certain virus!), so I may as well try Manjaro for a while...
My Windows 10 Home - Dell laptop comes with Device Encryption. To access the bootable USB I need to disable Secure Boot and then am able to use Ubuntu using the "Try It" option (I also have to enable Legacy Boot).
Once I'm done trying Ubuntu, the issue I have is that Windows keeps asking for the Recovery Key. The only way I can access Windows is by re-enabling Secure Boot.
If I do install Ubuntu / Manjaro do I need to re-enable Secure Boot to access Windows 10. If I do so, will I face any issues in accessing Ubuntu and Windows the way it's shown here.
Really need some guidance on this one before I install Ubuntu or Manjaro.
As far as I can understand: Ubuntu has signed Kernels withe Verisign, so you can use it alongside Windows with secure boot easily. Manjaro don't have those signatures, so technically for using it you have to disable secure boot. In certain computers you'll able to implement secure boot after you have installed Manjaro or anything else... But don't know what those computers are. Have Google as a friend for you on that.
This is a cool walk-through of Manjaro. I've been running Manjaro on my Raspberry Pi 4. I find the ARM version is a much better experience compared to the Debian version for ARM. I would love to see you do a video on the ARM architecture.
My last raspberry pi broke during a power surge and I need to replace it. When I do I’ll give it a spin
63 year old noob here. Really enjoyed the detailed install and review. Tried Mint, liked it. MX Linux very briefly. Enjoying Pop OS at the moment.
Hi Norm, I’m not far off you in age and glad you’re enjoying Linux. We have lots of choice but when you find what suits you stick with it for a while
I miss the "Mepis" half of MX, I really liked that distro. MX is pretty good, too. Mint XFCE is another of my go-to's. PCLinuXOS's take on KDE (especially in the Plasma era) is pretty good. (Disclaimer: haven't actually used them since 2018). Just don't go with the "Full Monty" variant, unless you're a power user.
What did you not like about MX?
@Human Being Thanks for the recommendation. Right now I'm doing well with Pop OS. But still deciding how I feel about the Gnome desktop with PopOS. Still getting my feet wet
It is good..but...I have found that xfce works fine, but gnome was not nearly as effective.
Wich are u using it's gorgeous
xfce
Thank you again for another awesome video! Your videos have helped me install Debian onto my desktop and Arch Linux onto my Laptop.
Glad they helped Chris
The long delay is gnome building it's dictionary of applications and files. This dictionary is used to anticipate your application id, given the first few characters of the name.
Thanks for that info Leslie
I have done dozens of Manjaro installs and didn't have a single problem. It must be a VirtualBox issue.
I suspect it was mate
@@OldTechBloke Might be. I don't use mate.
Lol, mate as in my friend rather than the DE
@@OldTechBloke Ohhhh... Sorry... xD
I could never get into the right update rhythm with Manjaro, the update system (pacman) kept breaking and locking itself up. Apparently it does that if you don't update often enough, or update too often. I expect better from such a crucial component of a distro, especially after long usage of synaptic on Debian-derived distros with far fewer troubles (and what troubles I had didn't need CLI intervention like Manjaro routinely did). I gave Manjaro three tries, three different versions, and they struck out with me. If it works for you, great, I'm happy for you. Just consider yourself warned.
Fair enough Gary. Personally I avoid using panacea for updates
I think what is missing in the Linux world to me is that Linux generally has a following with nerds like me. Normal people have the wrong ideas about it because they don’t see it and don’t understand it. People want solutions to their lives from the electronics they carry. Marketing. Take Apple. Their phones integrate with their computers. How does Linux compare to THAT ? If Linux in general could build that into an everyday lifestyle then it would prosper.
It will never happen because it’s a community rather than an organisation so it doesn’t have any financial clout. Personally I use it because I like it, but then again I’m a nerd too :-)
Pamac is just so usefull that I can't go on another distro anymore
What mic do you use for your videos? Sounds great!
It’s a rode pro caster
@@OldTechBloke thanks!! Your voice always sounds natural an rich. I was thinking of getting a new mic . Do you use a rode stand? What kind of mixer do you run the mic through?
Hi yes I use the rode psa1 boom arm and put the mic through a Mackie mix 8 mixer. However this mike is VERY gain hungry so I also amplify it with phantom power using a Marti audio booster - you could also use a fethead or cloudlifter. Unless you have an expensive preamp of course. The focusright audio interface just don’t have enough clean gain, but this is always an issue with decent dynamic microphones
@@OldTechBloke thanks for the info!!! 😀
How about Debian sid instead of Debian stable? New packages, still quite stable. But is it safe?
I tried it years ago. There used to be a distro called sidux. However it broke frequently. Testing is ok though
@@OldTechBloke I would like a Debian-based alternative for the latest hardware and gaming (you need the latest software for both) and I rather stay away from Ubuntu (Snap).
Debian testing could be just the thing
I don't know... I mean - it's subjective, but Manjaro looks bit old fashioned and not prettiest, to be honest. It might be not the *most* important, but it still is quite important if you work with the system everyday (as desktop OS). And there more and more good looking distros around.
SuperMelonPL That’s true.
Totally agree on that look, not my cup of tea either. But you can easily customize it with a more modern look, which I did. My prefer themes , which look more professional, are from that guy "paulxfce" at xfce-look.org. Also there are tons of icons themes too like the very popular "korla" set. That said Manjaro is a very solid base and more up to date then any debian distro, especially if you use the "testing" branch.
Xfce can be a bit on the plain side
I used to love Manjaro and it used to work perfectly fine for me up until recently. But the last two times I installed it, updates broke the system and I couldn't boot into it. Just recently I installed the budgie version in a virtual machine and the same thing happened. I don't have the time to deal with this, I just want a distro that works for me. The experience is different for other people but for me I'm sticking with Kubuntu :)
Stability is why I tend to use Debian most of the time
I hope you're aware that there's Klingons on the starboard bow
Love it :-)
"Ye canna change the laws of Arch, Jim!"
A good (natural?) follow up to this would be your take on EndeavourOS.
Scratch that. I see you. did one on Dec 27, 2019.
I did Auntie Carol :-)
You kept going on about Swap. But you just never chose to install it.
I was surprised it wasn’t the default but I wouldn’t manually add it in a VM
manjaro is for tinkers ... its running systemd ... .. i use the kde distro .. its far the best distro, the most able to be REconfigured on a system lev ... "eg . change network with out isshues (i use dhcpclient for the networkmanager.servis "easytether-usb" fix for auto connect and hotspot) ... i have not found a app that was not ported to the AUR , and the community apps .. also can install .deb "lol it works most of the time "
ps ... a Wiswig arch installer is the CLI installer "architect"
Used to use Arch, but the long time it takes to install and some hardware compatibility issues I decided to try Manjaro. I have not looked back in years. I have not had the installation issues you saw in hundreds of installs I've done over the years. Emulators always bring on these kinds of errors and is not a fair way to review an OS.
I used to use Arch and Fedora but since my jump to Manjaro I've not longed for any function or feature in any of those and the speed is blistering. Debian is a dinosaur, I won't even consider using that. If I wanted a dinosaur I'd still rather install Slackware or Centos.
Hate to say this but I use Slackware as well 😁 but these days flat packs keep my obs studio and kdenlive up to date. Arch is there as well for playing. But the problems I experienced were undoubtedly due to the VM. Not ideal but it’s not realistic to do every review on bare mental. I acknowledged that though and thought the distro came out well
I couldn't agree more. hahaha She used a virtual box to review a distro. He must be kidding.
Love the title of the video!
here in states we have a OTB.. Off Track Betting.... for horse racing.. minty xfce here. newbie will returning after 20 years.. i think iam in trouble.. iam hooked . linux my new drug hahha
I’ve heard that OTB reference once before :-)
I suspect that the uproar with regard to FreeOffice was not only about it being included but also about the Manjaro-users not trusting the motive which the Manjaro team gave. The Manjaro team claimed that FreeOffice is better than LibreOffice and that is simply not true. In my language there is the expression that you have to sit still if you are getting shaved, it is self-explanatory. The Manjaro-team should immediately have done a mea culpa and have been straightforward with their reasons. Back then I used Manjaro, now I use Arch. This was not the only reason why I switched but it might have contributed to it.
I don't mind Manjaro having become a business, it depends on the execution whether or not I tolerate it. Bundling proprietary software which is useless unless you buy it? No. Offering that? No. Offering consultancy to companies who want to use Linux? Sure. Working together with some OEM/ODM for laptops/desktops (like System76)? Sure.
I tend to agree
the installer work perfect must be a virtual box problem
Virtualbox boots best with free drivers as the driver is built-in to the kernel. non-free is only for Nvidia hardware.
Ah right, I’d assumed it would also mean codecs
Maybe you would like to try anarchy..
Tried it and reviewed it. I like it a lot
i'm with manjaro kde everywhere
I am waiting for version 19.0
You make it look so easy :)
It is! :-)
Awesome 👍 review
Interesting comment about GIMP... personally, GIMP is overkill for anything I want to do. Instead, I use Pinta - it's essentially a Linux version of Paint .NET on Windows.
I never used to touch gimp until I started this channel but now it’s my go to app for image editing. I’ll take a look at pints though
YES!! 🐧