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I installed the [i3 edition of Manjaro](https://manjaro.org/download/i3/ https://manjaro.org/download/i3/) last weekend. I was up and running with a beautiful e

I installed the [i3 edition of Manjaro](https://manjaro.org/download/i3/ https://manjaro.org/download/i3/) last weekend. I was up and running with a beautiful environment providing most of the listed utilities in an hour or so. I have been incredibly happy with the setup. The edition could still use some more love (e.g., I had to set up auto-mounting and HiDPI compatible configs myself), but it is remarkably cohesive and (relatively) easy to get going. There is definitely room for improvement, but this is probably a good place to look or inspiration, and contributing to advance this work might be a good use of energy for those interested.

trufflepig 7y ago
How does Manjaro compare to Ubuntu for the “new user seamless install of everything” and “easy update for new users”
- mises 7y ago
  Depends on the WM you're using. I think (?) there are gui frontends to pacman? Never bothered to use them. But gnome is available on it, same as ubuntu. Of course, it's almost certainly a little less friendly, but probably not much.
- nsilvestri 7y ago
  Kubuntu -> Manjaro KDE was a transition I made when I was still distro-hopping. I used Octopi as a pacman GUI which was super easy to use compared to Kubuntu's. Now that I've learned how to use pacman, I've still never had issues with a -Syu on either my Manjaro i3 or Arch systems, but I don't use Octopi anymore.
mises 7y ago
I was a manjaro i3 user for months on my old laptop, but got a new one with an optimus setup (nvidia card with intel igpu). Yeah, I know, "nvidia bad for oss etc.", but that's what was sold. And cuda is still the gold standard for compute. I had to switch because I couldn't get gpu switching working on my manjaro; nvidia card was stuck in D3 state. Very sad, though I'm now on i3 arch and happy.
- phren0logy 7y ago
  Give Pop_OS a try. It works well with optimus setups out of the box. You can install cuda, and tensorflow in a single apt command. It's a nice option for ML/DL work.

trufflepig 7y ago

How does Manjaro compare to Ubuntu for the “new user seamless install of everything” and “easy update for new users”

mises 7y ago
Depends on the WM you're using. I think (?) there are gui frontends to pacman? Never bothered to use them. But gnome is available on it, same as ubuntu. Of course, it's almost certainly a little less friendly, but probably not much.
nsilvestri 7y ago
Kubuntu -> Manjaro KDE was a transition I made when I was still distro-hopping. I used Octopi as a pacman GUI which was super easy to use compared to Kubuntu's. Now that I've learned how to use pacman, I've still never had issues with a -Syu on either my Manjaro i3 or Arch systems, but I don't use Octopi anymore.

mises 7y ago

I was a manjaro i3 user for months on my old laptop, but got a new one with an optimus setup (nvidia card with intel igpu). Yeah, I know, "nvidia bad for oss etc.", but that's what was sold. And cuda is still the gold standard for compute. I had to switch because I couldn't get gpu switching working on my manjaro; nvidia card was stuck in D3 state. Very sad, though I'm now on i3 arch and happy.

phren0logy 7y ago
Give Pop_OS a try. It works well with optimus setups out of the box. You can install cuda, and tensorflow in a single apt command. It's a nice option for ML/DL work.