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I am a Linux noobie and have only used Mint for around six months now. While I have definitely learned a lot, I don't have the time to always be doing crazy power user stuff and just want something that works out of the box. While I love Mint, I want to try out other decently easy to use distros as well, specifically not based on Ubuntu, so no Pop OS. Is Manjaro a possibly good distro for me to check out?

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[–] s_s@lemmy.one 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I'm not a distro hopper, but 6 years ago I ditched Windows and chose Manjaro in the i3wm flavor.

I learned a lot initially and now "live in the terminal" whenever possible and I'm still using the same install.

If you want to learn more about linux, I can recommend it.

lDK if straight arch is better (as i've never used it) but I think I kinda prefer not having a constant flood of updates.

[–] nul9o9@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

You are literally me.

Though after my introduction to Manjaro with i3, I switched to EndeavourOS with BSPWM.