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Re: Manjaro

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On 2016-10-08, Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> wrote:
> On 2016-10-08, Jim Polaski <jpolaski@linuxmail.org> wrote:
>> On 2016-10-08, Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> wrote:
>>> I've been playing with Manjaro since last night. Aside from anything bad
>>> happening I'm pretty happy with this so far. I started with it on my
>>> desktop System 76 machine and liked it enough to put it on my main
>>> laptop, the M4800. So far I'd even opine that this might be a better
>>> starter Linux than Mint or Ubuntu. I'll have to use it every day for a
>>> while to form a solid opinion but so far this is impressing me. 
>>
>> What specifically do you find to be superior compared to LinuxMint?
>
> It's based on Arch not Ubuntu. 
> It's a rolling release, so unlike Mint or Ubuntu you're going to get
> later versions of everything. 
>
>> Which desktop did you use with LinuxMint / Manjaro?
>
> I'm actually using xfce for both. 
>
>> How is the look of Manjaro out of the box?
>
> Their theme is a little more to my taste for the most part. However,
> Mint in my opinion makes a more consistent look and feel across
> applications. 
>
>> I've been thinking of trying Manjaro.
>
> The install is hands down the fastest install I've ever seen. You're
> asked almost nothing and you get a basic install in very little time. I
> ran the non-free version and it installed nVidia for me on both
> machines. The System 76 tower is running a GTX 750 and the M4800 is
> running a Quadro K1100M.
>

Thank you Marek. I'm going to give it a try in a VM and see what 
happens.

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Manjaro Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2016-10-08 16:15 -0400
  Re: Manjaro Se7en <se7en@firemail.cc> - 2016-10-08 20:17 +0000
  Re: Manjaro Jim Polaski <jpolaski@linuxmail.org> - 2016-10-08 20:18 +0000
    Re: Manjaro Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2016-10-08 16:31 -0400
      Re: Manjaro Jim Polaski <jpolaski@linuxmail.org> - 2016-10-08 20:38 +0000
  Re: Manjaro Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2016-10-08 22:28 +0200
    Re: Manjaro Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2016-10-08 16:39 -0400
  Re: Manjaro Silver Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2016-10-08 17:24 -0400
    Re: Manjaro Takuya Saitoh <taka0038@gmail.com> - 2016-10-09 03:57 -0700
      Re: Manjaro Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2016-10-09 15:09 +0200
      Re: Manjaro Silver Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2016-10-09 10:03 -0400
        Re: Manjaro Jim Polaski <jpolaski@linuxmail.org> - 2016-10-09 15:16 +0000
          Re: Manjaro Silver Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2016-10-09 12:55 -0400
            Re: Manjaro Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2016-10-09 15:28 -0400
            Re: Manjaro Jim Polaski <jpolaski@linuxmail.org> - 2016-10-09 23:54 +0000
  Re: Manjaro ronb <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2016-10-08 23:16 +0000
    Re: Manjaro Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2016-10-08 21:32 -0400
      Re: Manjaro ronb <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2016-10-09 02:05 +0000
      Re: Manjaro Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2016-10-09 07:52 +0200
        Re: Manjaro Tattoo Vampire <sitting@this.computer> - 2016-10-09 12:34 +0000
          Re: Manjaro ronb <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2016-10-09 12:44 +0000

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