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From: RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Manjaro
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2025 07:30:07 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2025-01-17, RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2025-01-15, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
>> Why the heck would anyone use anything else?
>>
>> 1) NVIDIA is supported out of the box and works perfectly.
>> 2) Wake from suspend works consistently.
>> 3) Unlike Fedora, waking from sleep won't maximize brightness before 
>> turning off the backlight entirely.
>> 4) Unlike Ubuntu-based distributions like Pop!_OS, opening up an 
>> application doesn't momentarily freeze the computer.
>>
>> Seriously, does anyone know of an issue with this distribution? I can't 
>> yet find one.
>
> I never used it. But then I don't have your issues with Linux Mint. (And I 
> don't have computer with a NVIDIA GPU that I still use regularly.) 
>
> But I'm downloading the Cinnamon version of Manjaro now. I'll see what I 
> think of it and report back.

I did try Manjaro in the past — now I remember why my trial was short. No 
joe editor available. That's usually the first thing I install in Linux 
Mint. Not available anywhere under Manjaro even in the "AUR" (whatever that 
is). So another very short trial run.

No joe, no go.

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