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by michaelmrose 3679 days ago
I really wish people would stop pushing manjaro quite so hard for newbies to linux I honestly don't think its an optimal choice.
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gravypod 3679 days ago
It really does just work. I'm fairly stupid, and I've not had any problems with it.

I have a rule of thumb: I try to NEVER touch the console for my non-development OS. Manjaro allows me to accomplish that and it also works on most hardware I've tested it on.

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michaelmrose 3679 days ago
Why would never touching console be a goal I use the console for basic tasks and find it effective and useful.
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gravypod 3679 days ago
You and I will have a very easy time navigating the world of a command prompt, the average user will not.

There is a reason GUIs won out over terminals, and that is because no one in the main stream wants to touch one.

A good OS should allow you to do every necessary task via a GUI. If there is a Linux DE/WM that can provide an experience like that, I feel like GNU/Linux will have its break through in the consumer market.

I use my "I never need to do something in the terminal" as a basic user acceptance test.

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