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I've seen a lot of people who quite dislike Manjaro, and I'm not really sure why. I'm myself am not a Manjaro user, but I did use it for quite a while and enjoyed my experienced, as it felt almost ready out of the box. I'm not here to judge, just wanted to hear the opinion of the community on the matter. Thanks!

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I ran Manjaro for a year or so. It works well and the default theming looks great but I don't really see a point to the distro really. It's basically just Arch from a couple weeks ago with no AUR support.

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I've been using it for nearly 3 years and encountered minimal issues. I'm using it on a Lenovo E14 all AMD laptop, mostly for gaming and web browsing.

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 years ago

I haven't used it but it's my go-to recommendation for Linux newbies. Partly because it's easy for me as an Arch user to solve their problems

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 years ago

I love it. Been daily driving for about 3 years and haven't looked back. I call it the 'Windows' of Linux distros because of its relentless focus on practical usability.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 years ago

As good as Arch but with a little more hand-holding. Graphical installation, package manager in tray out of the box and not the most bleeding edge versions.

At home, where it's ok to once a year spend some time googling what went wrong and I'd be installing from command line anyway (my $HOME remembers a few other distros and is very fragmented), I use Arch.

For mom's, grandma's and work computers, where I want to just hit update and be done, I use Manjaro.

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