Happy trails, Tux. It be a long, detailed review of Manjaro 21.2 Qonos Plasma edition, tested in a triple-boot Windows and Linux setup on a laptop with AMD Ryzen processor, Vega graphics and NVMe storage, covering live session, installation and post-install usage, including look and feel, theming and customization, HD display scaling, package management and updates, applications, performance, responsiveness, resource usage, battery usage, stability, consistency, tiny niggles, and more. Take a look. https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/manjaro-21-2-qonos-plasma.html Cheers, Mrk
Thanks, good Distro. But the inevitable question with Arch based distributions: stability medium/long term. I much prefer fixed releases a la Debian/Ubuntu.
Here's a long discussion about Arch vs. Debian. My take: stable doesn't necessarily mean reliable, and unstable doesn't mean unreliable. A rolling distro is not stable by definition - but that doesn't mean that it is unreliable. As a long-time Arch user I can say that the Arch developers are really doing an excellent job: I haven't had a serious problem in years, and definitely less problems compared to when I was using Ubuntu or Debian. The crucial point is that you have to follow some basic maintenance rules - which is not difficult as all this stuff can be easily automated.
I haven't had problems with *buntu but still decided to give EndeavourOS (with the Sway community spin) a try on a Dell laptop (with an i3 CPU; no Nvidia). This was in early October 2021. Haven't had a problem so far. I thought I'd miss my buddies (wmctrl, xdotool, and conky) but am managing quite well without them. Rofi, not wofi, works well for me. (I won't disable Xwayland for the foreseeable future). There was a bit of excitement when Python 3.10 hit but that went away pretty quickly.
