So I’ve been iso live testing Manjaro KDE Plasma lately and it looks very polished.

On the other hand, there is a negative vibe towards it.

Why the hate?

  • HeyLow 🏳️‍⚧️@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    11 months ago

    I used Manjaro for about 3 years

    Its great but packages tend to break over time with it being a “stable” arch build

    Over that 3 year period updates managed to break my install at least 30 times

    Switched to Endeavour over a year ago and haven’t had an update break my install yet

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        11 months ago

        Holding back packages can do that. Not in sync with what the AUR has to offer is just asking for trouble.

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        11 months ago

        Except it’s pure bull. I’ve been using it for years on the stable branch and I’ve never had anything break.

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      11 months ago

      Wow. 30 times in 3 years? I wonder if that’s specific packages or hardware you had. I had 5 computers (2 desktops, 3 laptops) running Manjaro for so many years, and still haven’t had a single system break. Including using a lot of AUR packages.

      Though last year, I’ve moved all of my computers to Arch, Debian, and Proxmox. Arch mainly because I wanted to fully configure my systems more.