Why I Ditched EVERYTHING for Manjaro Linux? 7 Reasons you should too! (2024)

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Manjaro is a Linux Distro that’s always been at the forefront of linux evolution. Latest and greatest of all the software, Best in class desktop experiences, unbeatable customization. The list just goes on. It’s in a league of its own.

I use a ton of different Linux distros and while many big names are deviating from their core message, Manjaro is becoming more appealing than ever before. In a world where, snaps and flatpaks are touted around like they are the next big things, half a decade old packages are pushed to users in the name of stability, control is taken away from the users to promote user-friendliness, in this world, Manjaro offers a computing experience that has freedom, the newest tech and full control over your system.

I don’t know about you, but that’s exactly why I use Linux and not proprietary stuff.

So today, I’m thrilled to take you on this journey where we see what things manjaro brings to the table that make it a top Linux distro in 2024. Let’s take a deep dive and explore the big reasons, and trust me, there are some compelling ones. You might be missing out by not using Manjaro today.

[hoshi]

This review was amazing and Manjaro is amazing and that's without you even mentioning that it is a set it and forget it ROLLING

[AJC]

I used Manjaro a couple years ago. At first loved it. Seems great. Then, just little things started breaking. You figure it out, and then some other little annoyance. Just didn’t stop, not show stoppers, just small weekly annoyances that drive me nuts.

[chairman]

I use Arco Linux as main system, and Manjaro KDE occasionaly as a second, and Linux Mint as a rarely used backup system. Some ppl comment about Manjaro's out-of-date certificates. All I know is that if there are out-of-date certificates it has never affected my experience using Manjaro. I have a lot of AUR packages installed, and never had a case of broken dependencies in all my years using it. If it ever happened I'II deal with it. I think the team of devs do a fantastic job and as far as I'm concerned the Manjaro distro rocks.

[TzyberSM]

youve done it.
youve officially sold me on manjaro! ill definitely be trying it out

[bulldoser]

Well this is an one sided review. Here are some downsides regarding each point. Not a hater of majaro. I am just sharing my experiences.
Here are 7 reasons why you shouldn't use manjaro:


1. You dont get "CUTTING EDGE SOFTWARE". Manjaro holds back updates for weeks, sometimes even months. Independent of arch linux means it has it's own set of problems. When you have a broken installation after just updating, it is much harder to fix your system then "JUMPING FROM VERSION TO VERSION". "Tested" means just holding back packages for weeks.

2. Just use AUR with manjaro repos and see your system packages fail catastrophically. Aur is always the latest and manjaro hold backs updates for "TESTING". What if two packages have same dependencies? Ans: You break your system. The usage is very simple.

3. "Deep level of customization"? just switch the default kde theme and whala, you have a broken theme. Still usable tho! And switching kernels is nothing unique to manjaro.(Except for manjaros magical tweaks which breaks my system every time I update.) Well, this is unique! It's all about choice. And knowledge and experience doesn't help you here.(A course might!)

4. You can get even better performence on Vanilla Arch, Nobara or NixOs. And "official" repo packages breaks unlike Flatpaks. And let's not talk about AUR again. Native packages can also help you cock up your system packages in Manjaro. All this is justified in the name of slightly better performence? FU**. Just install xfce on other distros for gods sake.

5. Nothing compared to arch community and archwiki. Need not say anything else in this regard.

6. "Surprisingly Suitable System for Gaming" Is this qoute of the year? Am I getting cancer? "Newest More Optimized Drivers" can't help but fu**ing with steam tho. But look Super tux cart is playable on manjaro!! So it is on my calculator. Steam is not unique on Manjaro.

7. Simplified version of arch is not manjaro. Well it was. Definetly not denying that. Now is just more headace. Just use archinstall script or EndeavourOS if you prefer a GUI DE. "There is stability as Wow!


Well i do not bother with this channel promoting distros only showing their shiny and cool features when the distro is not usually problemetic. But manjaro is not like that. You should maintain a minimum level of honesty while presenting a distro considering a huge number of people are gonna install manjaro just because of this video while not judging manjaro properly. I am not against you promoting your course whatsoever. You may like manjaro. So do I. It was my first arch based distro to try. But in case of manjaro (any rolling release distro as well) you should emphesise on bad sides. Specially stability considering you explained it as fairly stable which is not the case or at least I wasn't lucky with it. But when promoting to newcomers you should maintain proper honesty. I think tis video in particular is quite a hypocritical one.

[abhishekhembrom]

my laptop has RTL8821AU network card which isn't supported manjaro. tried everything so I switched to endeavour os.

[LiberEmFoco]

Excellent 'til it breaks. It could be either Gnome or the distro. It doesn't matter, it's a matter of time.

[BGUK]

As a fairly long-term Manjaro user (>5yr) I generally agree with your sentiment, except perhaps the emphasis on some people saying it being ideal for new Linux users .. which is certainly isn't, even according to the Manjaro team.

[fk_tech]

Thanks for such a detailed video.

Takes a lot of work to make such content.

[essetee]

The best way to brake Manjaro is using the AUR.

[danytalksmusic]

True, but you make every distro sound amazing 😅

[BatManSWG]

4 times tried Manjaro, all failed in the end. Because is based on Arch, isn't Arch, and when you install some package from AUR repositories, after every major update, the system corrupt and break grub.
From all distros I test previous years, The best I used is Garuda and CachyOS. I have settle with these two the last 3 years . They work flawlessly, fast, and can install custom optimized kernels very easy.
On gaming, amazing performances.
So Manjaro for me is over.

[yrjo]

Try to avoid AUR and install non core application packages flatpaks instead.

[Mrgios]

Trying lots of linux distro, now I am going back to Ubuntu 22.04 🤣

[timchesonis]

Buy WHY? You don’t answer the one question your thumbnail BOLDLY PROCLAIMS. Why did you ditch the rest for Manjaro? In one statement, why did you ditch the rest for this release of Manjaro?

[Sithhy]

Manjaro is the only Linux distro that reliably died after an update for me

[lemmingdot]

Manjaro is the best distro I have ever used, hands-down. It just works.

[theplaymakerno]

I used to use Manjaro. Unfortunately, one of the updates broke the KDE theme. I use EndeavorOS now. It is remarkably stable :/

[waburden]

By all means experiment, but make sure your Linux experience supports it. For most Users primarily interested in productivity, a more mainstream path with the best support is the preferred route. Long term linux users who migrated from Windoze have no desire to return to the days of investing 25% of their computing time trying to keep their O/S functionable!

[himanshuwiz]

I'm confused i'm using ubuntu for more than a year and want to switch to manjaro and hearing so much negative about like instability of AUR and unstable packages so what should i do ???