Hi James,
>I'm still using Linux on my desktop at home daily.
same here :-)
>I'm currently giving Manjaro Linux a try. I used Arch Linux (btw)
>for maybe ten years or something, but a few years ago realized I
>no longer had the time and energy for hands on system admin. With
>Arch, I found quite often after updating the system I needed to do
>this or that to ensure my configuration remained, and I'd lost track
>and interest in doing so.
Yes, I remember you were using Arch Linux, a while back now. In fact, it was
because of you that I gave it a go myself. However, like you, I just did not
have the time and enenergy to be as involved with it as it demanded.
>I tried Fedora for a couple of years or so. It was okay but there were
>some aspects of Arch which I missed, such as the rolling release, and
>the package manager.
I've always had a positive start with Fedora, then tended to get atrracted by
other distros.
>That's why I decided to move to using Manjaro Linux, it's an Arch based
>distro, but the Manjaro devs configure a working system so it's much
>less hands-on than Arch and you get a working system up quickly.
I do like Manjaro Linux, I must give it another go.
>Mint uses Cinammon desktop IIRC, which is what I've been using for
>several years now too, it's nice easy and familiar.
It's the one I tend to fall back on whenever I get in trouble, due to incessant
fiddling and innevitably breaking it all.
>Manjaro doesn't get a lot of respect from Linux techies.
I know, I never listen enough to the Linux techies, I'm just an amateur ;-)
Wishing you well.
marc
On Wednesday, 29 October 2025 at 21:58, James via NetBehaviour
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Marc,
>
> I'm still using Linux on my desktop at home daily.
>
> I'm currently giving Manjaro Linux a try. I used Arch Linux (btw) for maybe
> ten years or something, but a few years ago realized I no longer had the time
> and energy for hands on system admin. With Arch, I found quite often after
> updating the system I needed to do this or that to ensure my configuration
> remained, and I'd lost track and interest in doing so.
>
> I tried Fedora for a couple of years or so. It was okay but there were some
> aspects of Arch which I missed, such as the rolling release, and the package
> manager.
>
> That's why I decided to move to using Manjaro Linux, it's an Arch based
> distro, but the Manjaro devs configure a working system so it's much less
> hands-on than Arch and you get a working system up quickly.
>
> Mint uses Cinammon desktop IIRC, which is what I've been using for several
> years now too, it's nice easy and familiar.
>
> Manjaro doesn't get a lot of respect from Linux techies, they'd suggest
> EndeavourOS. Apparently the Manjaro devs made some mistakes at some point,
> the devils :-D
>
> On Wed, 29 Oct 2025 at 21:43, marc.garrett via NetBehaviour
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm using Mint Linux for my main desktop and laptop.
>>
>> Is anyone else using Linux, if so, what OS and why?
>>
>> Wishing you well.
>>
>> Marc
>>
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