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to: Nicholas Boel
from: Richard Menedetter
date: 2021-01-10 10:53:00
subject: Great!

Hi Nicholas!

09 Jan 2021 09:12, from Nicholas Boel -> Richard Menedetter:

 RM>> Anyhow ... I am currently quit happy with it.
 RM>> But I am still struggling a bit with apt update versus pacman
 RM>> -Syu I find it highly unintuitive.
 NB> Do you even have to use pacman with Manjaro? I thought it had a nice
 NB> GUI package management system that can do all of that for you?

It probably has.
I am used to using the terminal to install stuff.
Usually I have headless systems ;)

 RM>> How does it compare to Ubuntu on the desktop?
 NB> Archlinux starts from a very basic console install, with no
 NB> GUI/desktop environment. You choose what you want to install after
 NB> that. Manjaro is more comparable to Ubuntu where you have a full GUI
 NB> after installation. I don't dig too far into it to care to have an
 NB> opinion on which is better or not though, since linux is always about
 NB> personal preference and what works better for you.

Yes indeed.
ATM I am quite happy with it.
And they are really dedicated to the Pibebook Pro.
(Own Manjaro forum for example)

CU, Ricsi

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