This is where I started to look into switching back to Arch. I don’t want to wait weeks or months and I also don’t want to run Manjaro Unstable cause after all it’s on my productive notebook. When it will land in stable branch we can’t tell. We make sure that a seamless update will be possible. You can switch to Gnome 40 Shell right now by changing to unstable branch. Usually this is not a problem but since Gnome 40 was released, I was waiting for it to appear - but it did not yet But even so it’s based on Arch, not everything available there, is immediately available in Manjaro. I am using it for about 2 years now and so far I was ok. But yeah, sometimes I break things, and as I completely screw up my notebook, I had to reinstall the OS and I decided to give Manjaro. On my daily work computer I had Arch installed. I use Arch since years, cause having a Rolling Release gives you the latest an greatest software without hassle. Looking at Distrowatch, Manjaro is very popular - 2nd place as of Today. It comes with a GUI installer and some pre-installed software. Manjaro is based on Arch but, has a focus on more user-friendliness and accessibility and it’s designed to work fully “straight out of the box”. Arch strives to stay bleeding edge, and typically offers the latest stable versions of most software. GUI configuration utilities are not officially provided, and most system configuration is performed from the shell by editing simple text files. The base system is very minimal and there is no GUI installerĪrch is installed as a minimal base system, configured by the user upon which their own ideal environment is assembled by installing only what is required or desired for their unique purposes. ManjaroĪrch is a Rolling Release distribution and has the philosophy to keep it simple. But how to do so, without a complete new installation? Arch vs. I tried it for several months ultimately decided to switch back to pure Arch. Manjaro is e very popular distribution based on Arch.

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