Manjaro vs Ubuntu, thoughts on distro hopping

In today's video, I share my thoughts on some of the differences and similarities between the Manjaro and Ubuntu Linux distros.

"Mostly developed in Europe and provides all the benefits of the Arch Linux distribution and cutting edge software, combined with a focus on user-friendliness and accessibility, making it suitable for newcomers as well as experienced Linux users." From the Manjaro about page.

"Ubuntu comes with everything you need to run your organisation, school, home or enterprise. All the essential applications, like an office suite, browsers, email and media apps come pre-installed and thousands more games and applications are available in the Ubuntu Software Centre." From the Ubuntu website.

[DistroTube]

Great video. Hope you have a fantastic 2019!

[thegeriatric]

I stopped Distro hopping and settled on Linux Mint 19.1 Cinnamon. Have used both Manjaro and Ubuntu both good but Mint just works so well with my hardware. Great video Thanks :)

[ashishpatel]

I used to like distro hoping but it gets old. I'd rather stick to one that works and is stable for my daily driver.

Cough* Linux mint* cough

[hottake]

Just switched to manjaro... what have i been doing with my life

[TheRebel]

After your distro review on it I've been on Manjaro with no need for a fresh install. After coming off unsuccessful transitions away from Windows to Ubuntu and Mint, it was the right flavor for me. But, I've put quite a few people on Mint. I'd say Mint/Ubuntu is for anyone just wanting a simple transition to Linux. But, Manjaro is my primary driver with a work laptop with a very thin Arch install covering me when I travel.

Thank you for these videos! You make it easier to get people into Linux and FLOSS software in general.

[AnimalFacts]

I've Distro hopped a few times, including Manjaro. But, I keep coming back to Xubuntu. I just love it. If I want the most recent version of a certain piece of software, I'll just add the PPA.

[jakeduggan]

I use Manjaro I3 community edition. I've had packages break but the fixes have always well documented in the Arch wiki.

[WRND]

I'd personally be considering the next stable release of Linux Mint Debian Edition over Ubuntu. For the time being at least, Manjaro just seems to work, and quite pleasantly too. Cheers.

[HyprSonX]

If nvidia optimus would work like it should on linux, I would drop Windows in a heartbeat! But the best I can get is that ancient bumblebee thing...

[daveleitz]

I left Ubuntu and went to openSUSE Tumbleweed. I wanted a rolling release to get the latest kernels and Mesa updates for my AMD Radeon GPU. After a minor learning curve, I'm finding it to be a polished operating system. I chose KDE, and it's really hard to see much difference from Kubuntu other than the system management tools such as YaST and zypper. While I relied on Discover in Kubuntu, I actually prefer YaST for software management. Packman repos are available to openSUSE as well, though I have only used the 'essentials' for proprietary codecs.

[BMWDriver]

Thanks to you I jumped from Mint to Manjaro a few months ago because I could not integrate Turboprint with Gimp 2.10 from Flatpaks, so I had to have both 2.8 and 2.10 Gimp installed, work with 2.10 then print with 2.8. Also, I can now get a miniature of my photographs on the file browser with Manjaro KDE, the RAW files that is, which I could not on Mint. Double win there, but I keep my laptop on Mint as any of this is not critical on that machine. No comments on PPAs? Although Flatpaks et al almost make it a deprecated method. Nice to see you back at it!

[Gundurr]

I am enjoying Solus right now. great video

[MarcoMissere]

I used to do distro hopping for years, but I'm on Ubuntu since GNOME has replaced Unity.

[airilsra]

Your first two reasons for scheduled release distros are exactly the reason why I'm using Ubuntu LTS. Still on 16.04 btw.

I use mobile data for internet access so, no constant (big)updates is very much preferred.

Also, when I switched over from Windows at the time my purpose was to learn some programming. And Ubuntu LTS kind of get out of my way and mostly just stay in the back so I'm not too distracted too play around with the system too much, because to be honest playing around with Linux installs can be very addictive.

[ProteusMega]

In February 2019 I have been using Solus Linux 100% a full year. Previously I was using Manjaro. The reason for the switch was one to many issues at updates from Manjaro. Solus is alot better (in a very noticeable way).

[ismailaksoy]

I use GNU/linux and BSD on my devices and I don't care the distro. "This distro is better than that distro" fight is a kind of "my ass is bigger than yours." :)

[Xeno_Bardock]

With Bedrock Linux, you can use Ubuntu for stability while at the same time can install bleeding edge software packages from Arch repos and AUR on Ubuntu, eliminating the need to rely on PPA's except for drivers.

[rc]

I like Peppermint os it's easy and it just works 😁

[longnamedude]

In regards to the Ubuntu/Manjaro topic I was running Kubuntu on both my Laptop and Desktop but since trying out Manjaro on my desktop I've found it to be much more stable than Kubuntu which I find rather ironic after all the people I see commenting about Manjaro's potential instability, I used Timeshift on all my OS's just for safety from any potential breakage, Manjaro KDE 18.10 vs Kubuntu 18.04 LTS I've found that at least for my PCs that use Intel CPUs and Nvidia GPUs that Manjaro is noticeably more stable and faster in many situations, there's a few things that get to me about Manjaro though such as the reduced visual interface options for its software centre/package manager, and, it's quite confusing to install onto older systems without UEFI support that use locked down BIOS's

[Bwyan]

Lately I've settled on KDE Neon for my desktop, as it seems rock solid in terms of updates not breaking anything. This, of course, assumes that you fancy the KDE plasma desktop in the first place. Previously, I've tried OpenSUSE Tumbleweed, but I found it to need far to many low-level tweaks to get into a usable state for me personally and the rolling updates would occasionally also break even very fundamental things such as the display server - something I haven't experience with KDE Neon in the two or so years I've been running it so far without having to reinstall.