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Manjaro OS (lemm.ee)

submitted 11 months ago by WeAreAllOne@lemm.ee to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] HeyLow@lemmy.blahaj.zone 41 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I used Manjaro for about 3 years

Its great but packages tend to break over time with it being a "stable" arch build

Over that 3 year period updates managed to break my install at least 30 times

Switched to Endeavour over a year ago and haven't had an update break my install yet

[–] Helix@feddit.de 14 points 11 months ago (2 children)

That sounds more unstable than plain Arch.

[–] 0x4E4F@infosec.pub 17 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Holding back packages can do that. Not in sync with what the AUR has to offer is just asking for trouble.

[–] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Except it's pure bull. I've been using it for years on the stable branch and I've never had anything break.

[–] Helix@feddit.de 2 points 11 months ago

Anecdotal, but good for you.

[–] lambipapp@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

EndeavourOS is such a good replacement for manjaro

[–] Salix@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Wow. 30 times in 3 years? I wonder if that's specific packages or hardware you had. I had 5 computers (2 desktops, 3 laptops) running Manjaro for so many years, and still haven't had a single system break. Including using a lot of AUR packages.

Though last year, I've moved all of my computers to Arch, Debian, and Proxmox. Arch mainly because I wanted to fully configure my systems more.