Dope Tech Episode 2

<<@EnjoySynthSounds says : I’ve tried Manjaro, Bodhi, and Mint on a wonderful MacBook Pro 2012 ( that keyboard is superb) and they run very well. Wi-Fi can be installed via Ethernet connection. Linux is more user friendly than it was before when it was considered a cult, an outsider. But now with Windows running out of ideas , and Mac Os X needing the latest hardware just to run a browser, Linux is a valuable resource, even if it’s just booting a Live USB for testing purposes. It runs quick, responsive and has advanced app stores. It’s not necessary to use command line most of the time. There are many Windows style OS LINUX versions and of course MAC OS X style versions. You can also run Raspberry pi desktop on Pc or Mac these days. Linux doesn’t suck. It’s great and gives the user freedom.>> <<@lawnmowerman5 says : Ive been using manjaro since it came out. Ive been using linux since the 90s and ive used slackware, debian, redhat, gentoo, and ubuntu and mint and archlinux and others. I always go back to manjaro. Just because its easy to install and its flexible and doesnt break as often. Ubuntu and mint would be more stable but is not as flexible.>> <<@michaelconnors7668 says : Thank you.>> <<@Kurtmind says : How do I get the bottom taskbar/panel to permanently fill the width of the screen? 🙏🏽>> <<@x9.9.9 says : Manjaro Linux honestly looks good on the surface, but once you actually start using it seriously, the cracks show fast. The biggest problem is that it tries to position itself as a “stable” version of Arch, but in reality it ends up being the worst of both worlds. It’s not as stable as something like Debian or Ubuntu, and it’s not as clean, predictable, or transparent as Arch itself. The whole “holding packages back for stability” approach sounds good in theory, but in practice it creates more problems than it solves. You end up with partial updates, dependency mismatches, and weird breakages—especially if you use the AUR. AUR packages are built assuming Arch’s rolling release pace, not Manjaro’s delayed repos. That mismatch alone is a constant source of subtle bugs and outright system breakage. Then there’s the trust issue. Manjaro has had multiple incidents where they mishandled things that should be basic—like letting SSL certificates expire on their official site. That’s not a minor oversight; that’s a fundamental operational failure. If a distro can’t reliably manage something that critical, it raises serious concerns about everything else happening behind the scenes. Their tooling also tries to abstract away Arch complexity, but instead of doing it cleanly, it adds another layer of fragility. Pamac, for example, has had its own issues, including overloading the AUR infrastructure at one point. Instead of being a lightweight Arch-based system, Manjaro becomes this bloated, opinionated layer that you can’t fully trust or control. Another issue is inconsistency. Updates can be unpredictable, and when something breaks, troubleshooting is harder because most documentation online assumes pure Arch—not Manjaro’s modified environment. So you end up stuck in this awkward middle ground where neither Arch guides nor beginner-friendly distro support fully apply. Performance-wise, it’s nothing special either. Compared to a properly configured Arch install, Manjaro often feels heavier and less optimized. And if you’re going to sacrifice control and clarity, you’d at least expect rock-solid reliability—but you don’t get that here. At the end of the day, Manjaro feels like a compromise that doesn’t justify itself. If you want stability, there are far better options. If you want Arch, just use Arch. Manjaro sits in between and introduces its own unique set of problems without delivering clear advantages.>> <<@harytube22 says : Is it recommended for a beginner in Linux who just want a system that works and had enough with windows ?>> <<@tonyfreehauf4463 says : please wear a suit & tie ... good video ... oldTony>> <<@Ian__Nasty661 says : Love the look, but a little hard learning terminal commands for me>> <<@CarlosVGonzalez says : Manjaro needs to automatize BTRFS Subvolumes creating and auto snapshots directly in the installer, an arch based linux distro like Manjaro should have this "fail safe" easy reverse system changes configurated by default! Most Linux new users will struggle to understand how it works and being Arch based and wirth AUR repository only makes the chance of breaking the system bigger, so Manjaro team, you have the fastest installer on the "market" so why don't you make it also the best, OpenSUSE do it correctly, I am just trying to get out of Fedora and OpenSUSE based Fedora RPM, scripts because of recent Fedora policies...>> <<@Adrian-c3x9m says : This distro goes well for content creation?>> <<@nicolae7936 says : Hi,Tell me please if Proshow Producer is good for Manjaro ?>> <<@ForOdinAndAsgard says : Manjaro follows the stable branch by default. Rolling or not has nothing to do with being stable or not. You can if you so wish toggle Manjaro to the unstable or testing branch. Do not forget to update your system first before doing anything else if you switched branch as that might resolve in dependency hell.>> <<@AgungBudiyanto-m8b says : ❤❤❤>> <<@CissyGeorge says : Even though MX Linux is not a rolling distro, I switched back to MX Linux because I find it way better>> <<@CissyGeorge says : 😢All these years from 2018, I was using MX Linux. It is a great distribution. Only one problem is that it is not a rolling release. I wanted to change to a rolling release. I searched and found Manjaro. I liked it and similar to Mx Linux. I downloaded Manjaro. Now I have a good Rolling Distro.>> <<@elye3701 says : What are your thoughts on Omarchy.>> <<@djsi38t says : I used Manjaro way back around 2010.i chose it because at the time the desktop was really cool and had all the bells and whistles.Remember that 3d cube you could spin with different windows on each side...lol and of course the wobbly windows which I believe were new at the time..>> <<@supahfly_uk says : I am now using Manjaro for gaming it's amazing 3900x cpu and Rtx 5060. I came back just to say this lol. Bye bye windows.>> <<@ameen348 says : I tried Mint, Ubuntu, OpenSuse, Fedora....but Manjaro balances Arch with Simplicity and its a fantastic distro>> <<@grenvillephillips6998 says : The onlly problem I had with the installer was that it insisted on installing grub where it preferred. Manjaro is very handsome and it simplifies installing software which is not in the repository. Having installed the minimal version, I am left to wonder if it is possible to upgrade to the full-fat version?>> <<@yubebute6854 says : Does manjaro installation is encrypted by default ? It is not mentioned any thing regarding encrypted disk etc ?>> <<@drfish5393 says : Open Office has a third of the footprint of Libre Office. Libre Office's footprint is unusual as its apps only come to 155MB but it installs at <800MB>> <<@sodkronos says : I'm a bit late to the party it seems but I thought I'd comment anyway. I moved to Manjaro from Nobara, a Fedora based distro (I'm currently in a Manjaro YouTube rabbit hole trying to learn more about Manjaro). I'd just like to say that despite the warnings that ARCH based isn't stable, my experience has been quite the opposite. I had far more issues with Nobara, not that it was a ton, POPOS had all kinds of issues(crashing, lag and had issues with my password) and Fedora had some issues I didn't want to deal with. Examples: I am a gamer and despite Nobara's status as a gaming distro, Manjaro installed and played all of my games first shot and it works better with my Nvidia 4060. I've even experimented much more with Manjaro and thus far it's taken everything I've thrown at it and asked for more. The real test will be when more updates come along but thus far I am thoroughly impressed with Manjaro. I will confess, I have a hard time not tinkering and just leaving it alone lol! @ExplainingComputers - thank you for the way you do your videos. I enjoy your Brit charm and slow delivery, it helps me pick up the information faster. I could see how kids would probably find it boring but as an old man, I like it. THANKS!>> <<@CoolAir544 says : I use Manjaro Kde. It is really good at the least. While I also unity, it is more stable also being rolling release. Works well on my lenovo yoga>> <<@AleksandrOsadchy97 says : Is it better to install open source drivers for intel laptop? And what the difference? Ty>> <<@PratikDeshmukh1 says : Been a month or so, I have completely shifted to manjaro. Absolutely no hiccups and working fine as my daily driver.>> <<@ynyslochtyn says : Freeoffice is mostly better than libreoffice. It runs faster and the spreadsheet is as good as it gets.>> <<@myers830 says : The KDE ARM ISO for Raspberry PI doesn't support the Pi 5 which has been out for a long time. I tried, and it would not even boot from the ISO (hardware not supported). They need to get their act together because I'm sure this product would fly on the PI 5.>> <<@gabrielp8660 says : Great video!>> <<@life9328 says : thx sir ! i tried Manjaro before but I have huge 3fans video card. The graphics were greast but the fans wouldn't work. On mint I used Radeon Profile(AMD) for the fans but maybe I could have intalled it with the open source drivers. instead of the NVidia ...if somebody knows plz let me know. And Thanks again sir for your excellent video.>> <<@ramdom_assortment says : I love Manjaro. It is the only distro to not give me issues with Nvidia, outside of my refresh rate being locked at 60hz, but I can deal with that for the time being. I've tried about 9 other distros and they all broke the Nvidia driver in some way, or in the case of Kubuntu breaking the internet drivers after installing the Nvidia drivers. Also I loooooooooooooooooove KDE, love it and hate Gnome.>> <<@paulanderson7796 says : Manjaro Xfce edition is my chosen full time desktop OS.>> <<@Toshiba103 says : Dear Sir, BalenaEtcher doesn't work any more with windows 11 Pro !!>> <<@nickstoic3758 says : Thank you for sharing. I've tried to install from two Manjaro iso files to no avail. I wonder whether an old i7-2600 with bios is good enough. Never used Arch Linux before, but I could tell from the install process that it was fast. I way install process because both attempts went through the install process and both came up at the end with the same message "installation failed". Another Linux distro was already installed beforehand. I haven't tried a manual install though. Cheers.>> <<@medicine-mutasim says : great video, thanks ❤>> <<@notrtdsx says : I see we don't get many Arch Linux videos. Can you cover the real Arch Linux in the future? Maybe next video?>> <<@ArifGhostwriter says : 🇬🇧 👍🏽 June 2025 Brilliant walk-through, as ever.>> <<@reinaldoperez1725 says : I like Manjaro a lot, however it does not have an Apple Silicon version so I can no longer use it.>> <<@nickstoic2944 says : Thank you for sharing. I attempted to install Manjaro Linux twice, two iso files and both failed. They both actually go through the installation processes nicely and fast, just to pop up a window at the end of install saying the installation has failed. It might be worth to mention that intention was to install Manjaro on the same hard drive with another Linux distro. In both cases, which I personally believe, the system has been installed, the fail comes when attempting to upgrade grub. It asked whether I wished to save the info in the web somewhere. Pity for it could have been a distro to try, first ever Arch Linux.>> <<@russianjoint says : AFAIK AMD requires proprietary drivers as well, specifically for media playback.>> <<@HettycTracyn says : What is the debug overlay you had up when you played the video?>> <<@thedoc2730 says : I’ve been looking at installing Manjaro KDE on my son’s and dad’s laptops. I use Arch (btw) but run Mint on the others in my family as it’s stable, safe and easy for them to use as I’m the only computer geek in the family, but I’m really tempted to try Manjaro having run it in a VM for a while. It looks very well put together and can be automated easily (auto updates and backups), and if it goes wrong I can (probably) fix it, being essentially a stable fixed release version of Arch. Has anybody else any experience of giving Manjaro to complete non-computer types?>> <<@Datan0de says : Just started playing around with Manjaro on a test machine and really liking it so far. Curious to know if the ARM version will run on an M1 MacBook Pro, and how well its hardware would be supported.>> <<@Oxana591 says : Hello! I have some problems with installing Minecraft Education on Manjaro. I used wine. ME installed, but when I tried to run ME, it immediately shut down. Is it possible to install and run Minecraft Education on Linux?>> <<@theskoomacat7849 says : I never got to say thank you for for your videos, but they are truly quality and educational! So, thank you.>> <<@jdrollins6485 says : I installed Manjaro as a replacement for Zorin 17.3, which I really liked. I primarily installed it because I wanted to see what KDE was like. As it turns out, I really like Manjaro a bit better, although both can do what I want to do without any hassles. One thing I most like about Manjaro is its speed. I find it snappier and faster. Is this a common thing or is it just the way I have installed it. Even my internet speed is much faster. I have been trying out several distros over the past month, installing them just as described above on a separate drive.>> <<@h-dawg6462 says : haha not installing libre office is wild and exciting!! 😆that made me giggle.>> <<@JeremyCaron says : If you like Manjaro, Garuda Linux and ArcoLinux are awesome too!>> <<@bluephreakr says : Unless Manjaro had changed what they ended up doing, I'm not entirely comfortable with a distribution which wants to delay updates for a week. Building software from the AUR _sucks_ if a confluence of events where your instance during the repo freeze doesn't have the right version of a package for the process to proceed, which _doesn't_ happen with other equally-compelling options which update as Arch _proper_ would and helps in _absolutely no way_ to prevent future issues. I've seen it happen before where something terrible occurs during the week which makes the news (most notable being the GRUB2 update issue in Arch which kept dropping people into their baseboard firmware's menus rather than booting into any system at-all), and Manjaro did *nothing* about that. It was a week's worth of warning _at-best_ for other end-users to read the news and figure to re-make their bootloader config after everyone else discovered that in-post, but that just proves to me the repo freeze provides zero benefit and only bears to offer the false illusion of stability. For people who _really_ want the convenience of Manjaro without nonsensical repository shenanigans, prospective users could look to EndeavourOS and use yay in the terminal for software management, which would then enable a graphical solution built in Qt5 known as Octopi, and along with octopi-notifier-qt5 which could also be built using yay, you'll have yourself a decent graphical option which also deals with AUR packages, which is much unlike KDE Discover or GNOME Software Store where they don't even show AUR packages, nor have plugins for the AUR I could ascertain. (There might be third-party solutions, however.) For people who _really_ want Pamac, they could install that from the AUR using yay as well, but it will be the GTK4 release with LibAdwaita which doesn''t care about your want to theme beyond whether it's light theme or dark theme, and that doesn't work nice with every desktop either. I will see if I can leave a reply about the GTK3 build, I have a feeling it'll tank this whole comment if I included it here. Needless to say, if you look hard enough you'll find every bit of controversy which should make you steer clear of Manjaro. I've been around long enough for them to have wiped their old forum of pictures for some reason which they chakled up to a networking error (I call BS) and watch them quit supporting older desktops they use to provide. I've grown _less_ fond of them over time as I use EndeavourOS myself and miss nothing from Manjaro since its own third-party software is sufficient for what most people would want from their Arch with training wheels.>> <<@Redant751 says : As a technology enthusiasts I find your channel very informative as well as entertaining. Tried Manjaro (Mate) a few year back and w was not a fan, I will try it again to check it out. Thanks you, great video can't wait for the next one.>>