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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?

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[–] PureTryOut@lemmy.kde.social 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

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?

[–] WeAreAllOne@lemm.ee 0 points 11 months ago (2 children)

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 5 points 11 months 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.

[–] WitchHazel@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 11 months ago

I would recommend reading through the first parts of the arch install tutorial, particularly the network connection through the terminal. If you're comfortable with that, the archinstall utility makes the rest of the process effortless. I've had Manjaro bork itself but not just plain arch.

[–] interceder270@lemmy.world -2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Why “risk” it?

People were saying this back when it was Antergos vs. Manjaro. You know what? I used Antergos and it shut the fuck down. Manjaro is still going strong. I'm still using Manjaro.

I think the bigger risk would be to use endeavor os, even if more people like to shill it (like you predictably did.)

But experience speaks for itself. Who cares what a bunch of losers on the internet say if your experience is different?