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From: RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Manjaro
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2025 02:07:58 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2025-01-17, Peter Dean <p.dean@invalid.net> wrote:
> RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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.
>> 
> arch has the aur. once you start using yay you won't go back.

So joe is in Arch but not Manjaro? I enabled AUR in Manjaro, but joe didn't 
pop up. Maybe there's more to it than that?

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