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I recently spent some time evaluating a bunch of different systems for migrating away from Ubuntu, including several Arch-based ones. I was the most impressed

I recently spent some time evaluating a bunch of different systems for migrating away from Ubuntu, including several Arch-based ones. I was the most impressed with Manjaro, it seems very well polished. From Gnome 40 on Wayland, to the the default ZFS shell with custom Powerline prompt, to the GUI desktop layout switcher which even includes the tiling PoP Shell as an option. The Manjaro team has done an excellent job at assembling a configuration that is simultaneously power-user-focused but also user-friendly.

smokey_circles 5y ago
Absolutely! I just wish there'd be some more love on architect. But maybe I need to learn more about the default installer, I couldn't get it to run on LVM and/or LUKS
- SkyMarshal 5y ago
  The default installer offers an option to encrypt the disk, meaning LUKS + LVM. (iirc, LUKS requires LVM, but correct me if I'm wrong). The only main shortcoming of the installer is, in 2021 it really needs to also offer btrfs as an option for automatic installation. Basically four options for automatic install: Ext4, btrfs, LUKS+Ext4, and LUKS+btrfs. Having recently migrated to ZFS, and quickly become accustomed to the immense flexibility of datasets/subvolumes, snapshotting, and checksumming, I can't imagine using anything other than ZFS or btrfs now. And btrfs is standard on Fedora 34 and Garuda, probably some other distros too.
JanMa 5y ago
I definitely agree with you. Manjaro is a great distro and I have used for multiple years. I especially liked that they offer such a broad range of supported desktop environments, each with their own downloadable ISO image. If you are looking for something that's closer to pure Arch under the hood, your should give Endeavour OS [0] a try. It's basically vanilla Arch with a nicely configured XFCE desktop and a graphical installer. [0]: https://endeavouros.com/ https://endeavouros.com/
SkyMarshal 5y ago
>to the the default ZFS shell Correction: ZSH shell.

smokey_circles 5y ago

Absolutely! I just wish there'd be some more love on architect. But maybe I need to learn more about the default installer, I couldn't get it to run on LVM and/or LUKS

SkyMarshal 5y ago
The default installer offers an option to encrypt the disk, meaning LUKS + LVM. (iirc, LUKS requires LVM, but correct me if I'm wrong). The only main shortcoming of the installer is, in 2021 it really needs to also offer btrfs as an option for automatic installation. Basically four options for automatic install: Ext4, btrfs, LUKS+Ext4, and LUKS+btrfs. Having recently migrated to ZFS, and quickly become accustomed to the immense flexibility of datasets/subvolumes, snapshotting, and checksumming, I can't imagine using anything other than ZFS or btrfs now. And btrfs is standard on Fedora 34 and Garuda, probably some other distros too.

JanMa 5y ago

I definitely agree with you. Manjaro is a great distro and I have used for multiple years. I especially liked that they offer such a broad range of supported desktop environments, each with their own downloadable ISO image. If you are looking for something that's closer to pure Arch under the hood, your should give Endeavour OS [0] a try. It's basically vanilla Arch with a nicely configured XFCE desktop and a graphical installer. [0]: https://endeavouros.com/ https://endeavouros.com/

SkyMarshal 5y ago

>to the the default ZFS shell Correction: ZSH shell.