Until now though, I have ended up using it much more as a repair and rescue tool, mostly when experimenting with grub.įor my installation, everything was intuitive and seamless. Manjaro also offers ‘Manjaro Architect’, as a utility in the main ISO image or as an ISO image itself – prominently meant to customize the installation. I admit I didn’t research enough for it to get away, but the driver issue was definitely not trivial. Both were caused by an NVIDIA graphic card incompatibility. But the installation either failed, or broke within a couple of days of installation. If truth be told, before I installed Manjaro on this machine, I looked to install Ubuntu first.

Yet, I found that installation was a breeze, and in fact, even better than Ubuntu. One might presume that Manjaro might also tread in dangerous waters, because it has its roots in Arch Linux. This was an area Manjaro clearly excelled in. At the time of writing, I have Manjaro Linux 20.0.1(Lysia) with KDE Plasma 5.18.5. I have also used Manjaro on multiple machines. This is a long-term review, and I have updated Manjaro pretty frequently. Thus, I will also mention some common tools that have significantly helped me make the most of Manjaro. I have used Manjaro 18 through Manjaro 20.

I have been using the KDE version of Manjaro Linux for the last 2-2.5 years now. Manjaro Linux is a fast, user-friendly and desktop-oriented rolling distribution based on Arch Linux. In the speed and simplicity of Manjaro Linux, there seems to be a stiff competition.Īrtwork used under Creative Commons License. A long-term assessment for somebody looking to switch, byįor years, Ubuntu was the single most popular choice for a new Linux user.

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