I need some honest advice. I want to use KDE 5 for a while and cant decide if Manjaro is good choice and as a good starting distro for someone who never used pacman and would want to switch to Arch someday?
>>54398174
I am thinking about getting manjaro as well m8
Just use Antergos if you want an easy Arch install. Unlike Manjaro, it uses the default Arch repos.
>>54398174
God, logging in to plasma 5 is so slow.
It's fine and I've seen many people who transitioned from it to arch once they felt confident
I personally use it as my main linux OS, even though I don't use linux very often
>>54398283
Did you ever encountered some problems? Are you using KDE and the newest Manjaro?
>>54398174
Manjaro KDE should be fine. But I highly suggest you build KDE from a minimal setup so you don't end up having any issues.
So Arch + KDE or Manjaro Net + KDE or Antergos Base + KDE.
Tip: Stick to KDE/Qt applications only
>>54398343
Is there any detailed gude as how to do that minimal install because i really never used pacman before and dont know any commands or manjaro repos
i've been using KDE on Opensuse Tumbleweed and i'm happy with it. it's a pretty user friendly rolling release distro, if that's what your'e looking for.
honestly if you want to switch to Arch just switch to Arch. it's not hard to use if you're ok with reading the wiki and following instructions.
>>54398290
Yes I have that setup
In terms of major bugs, the typical problem I always get with linux - no audio output through HDMI (which is fixable after going through tons of different sound configs). Otherwise it works pretty well but my laptop is very well supported by the latest linux kernels
The KDE interface looks pretty but it doesn't feel that responsive, it's mostly personal preference though
>>54398174
Why would you want to switch to Arch? And why don't you just use Arch if you want to use Arch?
The "use a baby distro before Arch/Gentoo/whatever" is just a meme, it's best you just dive in. And if you're not retarded you'll get it working in short order.
>>54398360
What distro did you decide to use, Both 3 are fine.
Manjaro:
https://wiki.manjaro.org/index.php?title=Installation_Guide_for_the_NET_Edition_0.8.10
Antergos:
Just install the base package
Arch:
>Architect
https://www.maketecheasier.com/architect-linux-install-arch-linux-the-easy-way/
[link may be out dated]
>KDE install
Simple:
$sudo pacman -S plasma
It will only give you a window manager, settings and network manager. I prefer a full KDE experience:
$sudo pacman -S plasma-meta kde-applications-meta
You are good to go
>>54398174
I have some high tier Asus laptop, one of those that shamelessly mimic apple laptopts.
Got win 10 on the ssd and kubuntu on the secondary hdd.
Even in summer, 96% of the body keeps very cool. But as soon as I boot into fucking kuckbuntu temps go up like crazy.
What the fuck KDE.
I'll just leave this here...
>>54398558
Kubuntu was the buggiest KDE distro I have ever tested, buggier than Netrunner
>>54398590
ebil
https://farm4.static.flickr.com/3237/3043010077_d0a7509eb5_o.jpg
>>54398590
fucking epic
>Manjaro
Couldn't say.
>KDE 5
Please don't. I've been using Kubuntu for a while and Plasma is utter garbage. I switched from XFCE because it looked nice, but regret it.
>>54399968
Kubuntu is absolutely the worst KDE setup I have ever seen
i tried plasma /again/ last week and nuked it after a day
kwin now shits itself after some use
i liked kde 4 - looked, felt and worked better
plasma is like a kids joke
get lxqt instead if you want to use some of kde's apps
>>54398174
Yeah, go for it. Manjaro KDE is currently the most polished implementation of KDE.
It also seems like it has the least bugs. I see people complaining about KDE all the time here, but I have never once ran into an issue my laptop running Manjaro KDE.
not using glorious openbox
kde is garbage tier
>>54398174
>preparing to prepare to prepare to install Gentoo
just get it over with you whiny millennial
or you know just use a normal operating system like ubuntu
>>54398174
Kubuntu or their own homebrew distro they are cooking up
>>54398280
>God, logging in to plasma 5 is so slow.
Or lighting fast, its a 50/50 mix, thankfully i use GNOME
>>54398174
>I am thinking about getting manjaro as well m8
>>54398247
I'm a Manjaro man. I tried it once, never went back. And people say that Ubuntu is a seamless experience...
>>54402441
>I'm a Manjaro man. I tried it once, never went back. And people say that Ubuntu is a seamless experience...
I'm saying that in a positive way btw
>>54402349
>their own homebrew distro they are cooking up
Wait, really? Where? What package manager are they going to use?
A N T E R G O S
>>54402602
http://neon.kde.org/
.... its pretty much ubuntu
>>54398174
sudo apt-get remove faggot
*OP has been removed*
>>54403168
wewlad
>>54398396
Tumbleweed master race. YaST is bretty good.
>>54403168
XD XD
>>54405669
YAST a shit
>>54403168
I think you might wanna just go back to /r/linuxmasterrace
>>54398174
Yeah go for it op
Never hurts to try does it?
>>54398280
sddm needs some love, it's a pity
opensuse is a pretty good kde centric distro.
Just don't fall for the kubuntu meme.
>>54398174
Why not just try them all? See what feels best to you.
>>54407877
Eh? So, if I'd switch to slim or something as login manager my kde startup would be good?
Could try of course, but I'm really not hopeful that fixes anything...
>>54408482
Even opensuse is fucking buggy and it's the flagship distro of Plasma 5. How could Plasma 5 devs fuck up this badly?
Get a barebones distro and setup i3 with a decent theme. Never looking back
>>54409136
No, sddm has nothing to do with it. That's just kde's startup script being a old buggy mess that nobody wants to fix.
Just start a different de with sddm and see for yourself
>>54410683
>That's just kde being a old buggy mess that nobody wants to fix.
ftfy
>>54398174
Here's an easy guide to install arch
Just install Arch if you're gonna use manjaro. Manjaro is literal cancer and Arch isn't hard to use even for a windows migrant.
>>54402782
>can't even make their site properly responsive
>>54411639
Every_FUCKING_thing is better than the bullshit needed to get the gnome addons site to actually work.
>>54411662
Then use Xfce like any sane man
>>54412324
Why not LXQT.
>>54412528
No xfce4-panel, so no whiskermenu and taskbar... though yes, you can always put it in yourself. But yeah on pcmanfm > Thunar. Honestly the two are trivial to mix together
