Manjaro Linux

Reader supplied reviews for Manjaro Linux Average rating 8.1 from 442 review(s) Please specify which version of the distribtion you are reviewing. Please select a rating in the range of 1-10. Please write at least a few sentences about the distribution while limiting your review to 4080 characters. What are your thoughts on Manjaro Linux? Please include a few pros and a few cons, along with your overall impression of the operating system. Our FAQ page has tips on writing a good mini-review. Version: -- stable25.0.124.2.123.1.222.1.321.3.020.2.119.018.1.017.1.1216.10.315.120.8.110.8.8 Rating:    -- 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 out of 10 Your review (minimum 250 words): Past reviews - sort by: DateVotes Version: stable Rating: 10 Date: 2025-05-14 Votes: 0 Just installed it on two different machines, one an older laptop and a second newly built custum desktop. Installation was a no brainer. Both machines up and running quickly. Since this is Arch based everything is very up to date but unlike arch the Manjaro devs go to great lengths to curate updates against borkage and take pains to pre-emptively provide trouble resolution. The gui & cli tools for managing kernels & video drivers are excellent. Secret to a happy life: 1. read the update advisories BEFORE updating 2. As with OpenSUSE Tumblweed, switch to TTY3 and run the command line updater from there. Was this review helpful? Yes No Version: 25.0.0 Rating: 10 Date: 2025-05-05 Votes: 15 I've tried several Linux distros, and honestly, Manjaro Linux feels like the most comfortable one for me. The installation process is pretty straightforward. One thing I really appreciate is that you can install it even when you're offline—not connected to the internet. I'm using the GNOME desktop on Manjaro, and it's great to be able to enjoy the latest version of GNOME. In fact, I'm already running version 48.1. System updates and app installations are super easy to handle. Using Pacman (with the Pamac GUI), everything runs smoothly and quickly. What really makes Manjaro with GNOME stand out is the Layout Switcher app. You can easily choose your preferred desktop layout. There are four options: Manjaro (the default Manjaro style), Traditional (like Windows with a bottom taskbar), Tiling (for a neat window management experience), and GNOME (the classic GNOME look). It’s fun to switch things up and keeps the desktop experience fresh. Manjaro is based on Arch Linux, you get all the power of Arch commands in the terminal. I’ve even switched from Bash to Fish shell—something I got inspired to do after trying CachyOS, which uses Fish by default. The default kernel is 6.12 LTS, but you can easily switch to a newer kernel using the Manjaro Settings Manager. It’s that simple. In conclusion, Manjaro Linux is a distro I highly recommend. Big thanks to all the developers and contributors who make this distro possible! Was this review helpful? Yes No Version: stable Rating: 9 Date: 2025-04-13 Votes: 32 I've been using Linux for about 15 years, first Ubuntu then MInt, then I distro hopped a lot (Mageia, KDE Neon etc...). I finally moved to Manjaro two years ago and I think that I have found my distro, no need to look elsewhere. I'm glad it runs KDE Plasma which I like a lot for the configuration options that it proposes, I personalized my desktop a lot and could not come back to xcfe or cinnamon which are very static. I like also the rolling release concept, I always have the latest software, kernels and so on, on the stable branch which I use and which is the most common I know all the software have been tested and verified before being released which is very nice. Of course sometime I have to wait a little bit for the latest software since they are still in testing, but it really worth the wait since I know I won't have any bug or problem. FInally I would say that Manjaro is ARch made for normal users, all the advantages, none of the inconvenient. The distro is fine with beginners as for more advanced users, I definitively recommend it. Was this review helpful? Yes No See all 442 reader reviews of Manjaro Linux...