Hi everyone :).
Just getting started with Manjaro as daily drive to get some easier arched based distro. Except for the LVM bug with calamares everything is pretty smooth :).
But at first boot, I saw they have added their personal Manjaro logo on boot and I directly though of the bug exploit logoFAIL I heard a few month ago and It made me curious if this is something that could be exploitable by Manjaro.
Probably not, this would harm their image and hard worked system, but I’m still curious… If someone smarter/more knowledgeable than me could chime in and give some valuable information on this topic regarding Manjaro, I would really appreciate it !
Thank you !
There’s a small but vocal minority that absolutely hates the idea of “Arch made easy”. They think you should work hard to be worthy of using Arch. Manjaro is their anti-Christ. They show up in every conversation about Manjaro. I call them the “Manjaro sucks btw” people. 😆
They usually mention some irrelevant shit that happened years ago. Sometimes they can’t be bothered to type it out and only link to a page that one of them put up. Or literally just say “Manjaro sucks”. Sadly, the irony of being lazy when smearing a distro they consider lazy is lost on them.
If it was some minor thing I wouldn’t care much. I am not a Arch user and I probably will never be.
The problem with Manjaro is the leadership is questionable. It isn’t just a few blunders. It is repeated mistakes that have caused real harm. They write themselves off as user friendly but they can’t seem to figure out how to manage it properly. I am not against user friendly Arch. However, the nature of Arch means it is very very hard.
Linux Mint and Fedora are much better and don’t have the same history of dumb mistakes.
I would absolutely love it if manjaro was a reasonable choice. It was my first pick too. Their continual incompetence is what makes me wary of the company. I doubt you want a conversation as you’re quick to paint me in this light but I do expand here on my major reasons:
https://sh.itjust.works/comment/12137275
Some of this stuff happened only a few years ago. The same people are still running this company. I have no reason to think they’ve changed.
If you just want “arch made easy” I would suggest endeavorOs (best wallpapers hands down) or arco linux.
I love the idea of manjaro and sincerely hope that either a, they get their shit together (which is preffered), or b, a new manjaro like distro comes into existance.
The two week delay along with the calamari installer, and default plasma desktop give me a half chub already thinking about it. I’d be full send for it if the devs were competent
Thank you :) EndeavourOS was my second pick !
I picked manjaro because their user base is bigger and Manjaro is older. I will probably switch to EndeavourOS for all the reasons mentionted here and there in the comments. There seems to be a common strange atmosphere arround manjaro.
Also, because that logo thing on boot made me this post, this means I already felt something is odd with Manjaro. Always follow your guts !
Ps: Didn’t though it’s that much of a heated subject. It’s a bit sad, I really liked manjaro’s default and looks amazing.