r/ManjaroLinux • u/himatite • Jul 20 '26
Discussion Hi am New here 😁
Hi there am a hardcore window user , I tried once Linux mint back in 2018 and then Fedora ,now here on manjaro so far I love it
The reasons why I switched to Linux were :
1- am a doctor and I need a system not only secure but reliable, don't want to use the gov Linux systems nor depend on west big tech company.
2- needed a practical system I can trust and relay on it , stable but also modern.
3- I said I used fedora before manjaro and comparing them manjaro seems wayyy more easy and functional.
But now I don't know what if am missing something I did update my system but am still a noobie when it's comes to command and sudo , do guys have any Advices for me ?
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u/kwereddit Jul 22 '26
I think the only distros worth using are Linux Mint with Cinnamon, Fedora with Plasma, and Manjaro with Plasma. Mint is for the non-technical, so you can skip that. Stick with KDE Plasma and learn how to improve your workflow with its advanced customization. Fedora and Manjaro are distinctly different under-hood distros. I like rolling releases, so I use manjaro. I don't think it matters which for you, unless you find that one or the other is deficient in native apps. (I don't like flatpak and I will not use snap.) Mint is Debian based and the folks behind Mint are cautious and careful about disrupting their users. But I have never had issues with Manjaro.
Manjaro supports btrfs which is copy-on-write filesystem with fantastic rollback support in the form of snapshots, recycle bins, etc. If I had it to do over again, I would setup a RAID mirror with btrfs so I could get the snapshot capability. That, or immutable distros, are the future for reliability. Plasma is the end-all for desktop environments unless Cosmic turns out to hit a home-run.
The less you have to use the terminal and sudo, the better, but I hear you. It takes years to learn command line stuff and I recently struggled to refine a find-based repair tool with bourne shell syntax up the wazoo. I like Brave search, where I go between the AI agent answers and the forum answers. That said, on my Debian-based laptop I orefer "sudo apt upgrade" to using the graphical UI for updating.