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Mint

Manjaro

Zorin

Garuda

Neon

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[-] the16bitgamer@programming.dev 7 points 1 year ago

Manjaro is fine. Ran it for a year straight before I broked it.

My 2 cents is this. Don't install from AUR unless you have to. Thats how i broked my manjaro install when i was uninstalling packages to fix a bad install. So my install order to protect myself is:

Main Repo

Flatpak (if its not a system tool like an IDE)

AUR

[-] LeFantome@programming.dev 6 points 1 year ago

But the AUR is the best part of Arch. I agree with you but why not use Arch or EndeavourOS and be free to use the AUR without fear.

[-] the16bitgamer@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago

Yes the AUR is the best feature of Arch, which is why I am still using an Arch distro and not Fedora or Debain.

However one of Manjaro's features which other Linux distros don't have, is how much of the OS's troubleshooting and repair is in GUIs. For the most part I can setup a fresh Manjaro install without touching the command line once. And that's how I want to use my machines, I want to just browse the web, play games, or do office tasks (the reason I use a computer), not trying to figure out how to install a GUI package manager from the AUR in EndeavourOS since it doesn't come with one.

[-] LeFantome@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago

“Ran it for a year straight alright before I broked it”. Exactly.

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