Big Linux vs Manjaro?
Big Linux vs Manjaro?
mrblockhands
12-18-2023, 10:49 PM #3I'm using Manjaro now and everything seems fine so far. The screen occasionally goes black, but it's not too much. I prefer the current experience over reinstalling every few years. One person claims it resolves some problems, though they don't specify what. I avoid the AUR as well.
I mean if it works for you then nothing else to discuss. The AUR is the main reason to use something Arch-based. But you do VERY well not using it on Manjaro cause things WILL break on it. Still, I would recommend looking into Tumbleweed SlowRoll or even Tumbleweed. Bleeding edge, stable and professionally made. Can't go wrong with it.
DSGymnastics16
12-22-2023, 07:36 AM #7It rarely happens that much, but I'm trying to figure it out. I saw something on a video—Manjaro seems super easy to use compared to Arch, while NixOS looks nice but requires a lot of terminal interaction.
It reminds me a bit of claiming the title of the world's tallest baby—something to mention, but not too impressive. NixOS is interesting, yet it doesn’t address the specific challenge I face. If I were managing a group of developer machines, I’d switch to NIxOS right away. That way, consistency would be effortless. Right now I have only three Ubuntu setups and four servers to manage. One server is already quite consistent thanks to its multipass VM setup, which I automate with scripts. The others vary so much that Nix would add unnecessary complexity without much gain. At work we rely on Docker for environment sharing, which fits well with web projects. I can picture a future where Linux desktop tools are built using Nix if we needed to share configurations across desktops.