LALambdaComplex·Sep 11, 2025
Manjaro is not Arch, and its maintainers have repeatedly shown that they aren't very good at maintaining a distro: https://github.com/arindas/manjarno
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Reasons for which I don't use Manjaro anymore
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| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 7 | 2 | 5 |
| 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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13 sourcesPreviously[0][1][2].
0. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32503090
1. https://archive.ph/B8yll
2. https://github.com/arindas/manjarno
In Manjaro considering dropping ZFS supportReasons to not use Manjaro Linux
2 points · Open discussionNice article, except it promotes Manjaro, an awful distribution[0].
Author should have focused on Arch instead. Especially since they use Arch themselves.
I am guessing they are not aware what Manjaro really is, and how it is run.
0. https://github.com/arindas/manjarno
In Linux guide for power users (2022)https://web.archive.org/web/20230708070056/https://manjarno.... (original domain expired)
https://github.com/arindas/manjarno
In Linux guide for power users (2022)> Manjaro is not superior or inferior to any other Linux distribution
quite the contrary, https://github.com/arindas/manjarno
In Linux guide for power users (2022)You may want to move away from Manjaro in general[0], but I would advise against doing anything that the OS doesn't expect you to do - so I'd wait for an update.
[0] https://github.com/arindas/manjarno . EndeavorOS seems like a pretty good "Arch but easy" distro these days, and maybe Manjaro's improved since the last time I ran it (a few years ago now)
In Linux 6.1 Officially Promoted to Being an LTS KernelThis Github repo has the most common issues I've heard of: https://github.com/arindas/manjarno .
Big ones are: shadiness with funding, letting their SSL certs expire 4 times, and the fact that their idea of stable isn't additional testing, but just letting the packages sit for a week.
There was also a recent kerfluffle not covered there where they shipped a broken kernel to Apple Sillicon users without contacting the Asahi devs: https://twitter.com/AsahiLinux/status/1576356115746459648
In Arch Linux turns 20: Small, simple, great documentation> Manjaro
- https://github.com/arindas/manjarno
- https://manjarno.snorlax.sh/
There are only 3 distros worth using. Fedora KDE Plasma upgrading after stabl-er point releases, Arch and openSUSE Tumbleweed.
Everything else is very unprofessional or full of technical or human issues. I'm not trying to gatekeep newbies, like, if you use elementaryOS or Linux Mint you're still using Linux. No elitism intended I'm just giving you my opinion.
For exploration or self inflicted harm you can also use NixOS or weird small distros. Although I like Nix' concepts I don't like their implementation or approach to users.
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