Manjaro OS

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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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I used to be a huge Manjaro fan. There were many ways it let me down, some of which were just bad governance.

The biggest problem though is the AUR. Manjaro uses packages that are older than Arch. The AUR assumes the Arch packages. This, if your use the AUR with Manjaro, your system will break.

It is not a question of if Manjaro will break but when. Every ex-Manjaro user has the same story.

For me, EndeavourOS is everything that Manjaro should be.

Endeavour is basically Arch but with bling out of the box & an easier installer....

What bling¿? I thought endeavorOS was very minimalist as well. Just arch with an easier installer

I am not the most technically astute person, using Manjaro and the AUR for like five years and never had my system break. Yes, some package problems here and there, but where do you not have them ever? And so far nothing an internet search couldn't fix. I found it very stable both in the XFCE and the KDE spin.

if your use the AUR with Manjaro, your system will break

Oh, bullshit.

Yeah. Notice how he doesn't mention how Manjaro holding back packages can actually prevent breakage that Arch users have to deal with.

The manjaro hate-boner is just tribalism and elitism. Every one of these threads reinforces that.

if your use the AUR with Manjaro, your system will break.

If your system breaks because of AUR it means you're using AUR wrong... you're not supposed to use AUR packages for critical system functions. It will break on Arch too if you do that.

I spent 3 days trying to get manjaro to work on my old macbook air 3, and still ran into a borked display sometimes after opening from sleep

I installed endeavour os (online failed, offline worked), and so far I haven't had a single major issue with it

This, if your use the AUR with Manjaro, your system will break.

Been using Manjaro with the AUR for 3 years, never had the breakage you described.

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