Manjaro is the most requested Linux distribution to review.
I installed it on my computer.
Tested it for about a week.
Then I updated it, and this is what I got.
It is Manjaro Review by Average Linux User.
Manjaro is often called a user-friendly Arch.
I am well familiar with Arch Linux
It is the main OS on my home computer.
So, as an Arch Linux user, my review will be little subjective.
I will review Manjaro KDE here, because as you probably know I run Arch Linux with Plasma 5 on my computer
so this way I can make a direct comparison between the two distributions.
Let's have a look at some details.
Is Manjaro indeed a user-friendly distribution?
Personally, I never understood the concept of Manjaro.
If you want a user-friendly Linux, go for Linux Mint,
or some other truly user-friendly distributions.
If you want the bleeding edge distribution, install Arch Linux.
I doubt one can make a user-friendly distribution with the cutting edge software.
And I will try to prove my point.
Manjaro indeed has some elements of user-friendliness.
There is a nice graphical installer.
The whole installation process took only 6 minutes.
And right after that, I had a ready to use system.
When you log in the first time, you are presented with a really good welcome screen.
Manjaro contains many really good packages installed by default.
To my surprise, almost all these programs are my favorite and
I installed them in my Arch Linux.
Unlike in Arch Linux, everything is pre-configured in Manjaro.
Even my wireless mouse was showing the battery status right after the install.
Manjaro is just outstanding with its green theme.
It is really beautiful.
My favorite Plasma 5 theme was actually the default Breeze theme, but after using Manjaro
I am thinking about changing my Breeze theme now.
Octopi is a package manager and it is a graphical package manager.
It is interface is not super-friendly
but it is still less scary for new users than the command line.
There is also a simple and informative User guide.
So, my first impression was wow!
It is a really great Linux distribution and it seems to be a user-friendly Arch.
But later on, problems started to appear.
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This reminded me of my first experience with Manjaro Linux.
I tried Manjaro for the first time in 2015.
It was exactly the same experience as this time.
I was impressed and happy right after I installation,
but after several updates and I started noticing some problems.
I had occasional freezes and glitches.
And at some point it just failed to load the graphical interface.
It was quite a while ago and I don't remember what was the problem.
But I remember that I decided to sit down and finally install Arch Linux in Arch way.
I am using Arch Linux as my main home OS since then.
So, almost the same happened to me this time.
First, after a week of use a fresh installation of Manjaro, I updated the system.
There was a kernel update among a few hundred other updates.
So, I rebooted my system after it updated and this is what I got: Manjaro kernel panic
It was like a Deja Vu.
After I investigated the problem
I figured out that it was related with my dual-boot of Manjaro and Arch Linux.
It seems Manjaro doesn't like any other bootloader except its own.
If you google "manjaro kernel panic unable to mount root fs unknown block",
you will find the solution.
Basically, I edited my grub configuration of Arch Linux
to have this custom menu to boot Manjaro.
After that everything worked fine
I admit that dual-booting Manjaro with any other distribution is not a typical use scenario
and it won't be fair to say it was a major fault of Manjaro.
But come on!
I dual-boot many distros with my Arch Linux to test them and
Ihave never had a problem like this.
The problems did not stop there.
I created this review in Manjaro.
So, when I was drafting the scenario of this video, LibreOffice froze several times.
And the mouse wheel stopped working occasionally, so I had to scroll in the old way
with this scrolling bar.
I did my first upgrade through the terminal interface, but
the second time, I used Octopi graphical interface to upgrade and it just got stacked,
so I had to kill it.
There was a problem with GRUB update, so maybe it is related with my dual-boot configuration.
But upgrading through the terminal worked fine.
So, not good.
Speaking about Octopi,
I was surprised the AUR was not added by default.
I assumed it was available by default before and you only had to activate it as it was
shown in this forum thread.
But now, there is no AUR tab in the settings anymore.
I had to figure out that you need to install some AUR helper first
to get this AUR menu in Octopi.
I installed pacaur and only after that I saw this AUR menu.
Manjaro website seems to recommend Yay.
Is it the correct way to pronounce it?
I installed it but it wouldn't appear in the Octopi options.
So, with Yay, you need to use the command line only.
Next, I had to figure out how to search AUR packages.
After I enabled the AUR I still was not able to find any AUR package
by typing its name in the search bar.
Only after a while, I found this button that enables search in the AUR.
I don't know…
Maybe I am stupid.
but it doesn't look very intuitive.
So, I believe many new users may find it really difficult
to get access to the AUR packages in Manjaro.
There are also many smaller pros and cons I could talk about.
But to keep this video short I will mention only a few.
For example Manjaro settings.
I appreciate the effort of Manjaro team to make it.
I especially like the user-friendly option to control your kernel version.
But it is redundant with the Plasma 5 settings.
You can find the same options here.
Why do they keep it in a separate program is unclear to me?
The same applies to Printer Settings.
There is a dedicated printer configuration app.
Which reminds me GNOME printer app.
And you can also find KDE Printer Settings.
I don't have any printer at home to test these two apps, but I have been using KDE
Printer Settings at work for many years with different printers and it always worked fine.
So, I find this redundancy really confusing for new users.
On the positive side, I like Manjaro provides links to Microsoft office online viewers.
I personally have to use Microsoft viewers when someone sends me a complex document in
docx format and it does not look correct in LibreOffice.
Similarly, the link to Skype online is also provided,
though you can install Skype from the AUR.
The last update of Skype for Linux made Skype really decent to use on Linux.
Manjaro is bleeding edge and bleeding edge programs are not for new users.
Manjaro is claimed to be more tested than Arch Linux because
Manjaro performs some additional testing before releasing the updates.
But it is still a short period of testing and it is impossible to find all bugs.
For example, there are a few bugs which annoy me in Arch Linux and make me seriously think
to switch from Arch Linux to Debian, but it's a topic for another video.
These bugs are present in Manjaro too.
For example, if you go to GIMP and use the tool to pick the color form the screen,
it won't work.
This bug has just been fixed in Manjaro and Arch during my work on this review.
But it was out there for several months and it annoyed me a lot.
This can be really discouraging for new users.
So, I would give Manjaro 4 starts.
It has many features of a user-friendly distro.
It may look and feel great at the beginning.
But eventually, you will face some issues and fixing them maybe not easy.
There are no many places to search for a solution beyond Manjaro forum.
the Arch Linux forum won't be friendly for new users and Arch Linux solutions often may not work in Manjaro
because Manjaro is based on Arch but it is not Arch.
Manjaro could be a good distro to start learning the Arch Linux base.
But I think Antergos is better in this regard
it is closer to Arch Linux.
I know many of my viewers use and like Manjaro, and probably they won't like this review.
But this is how my experience was.
So, what was your experience with Manjaro
P{lease, share it in the comments section.
Thank you for watching.
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