Shall we add a note/link next to the ISO downloads to advise new users whether or not Manjaro is the right distribution for them, and a link to the maintenance page in the wiki?
This would solve so many problems with users not maintaining pacnews, orphans, etc.
No.
Would you read it?
Act upon it?
ā¦it would solve zero āproblemsā
In my opinion.
I tend to agree that it would solve nothing.
Quite the opposite - it would be seen as elitist - I donāt about you - that words has a bad ring to it - something like better than the rest of us.
Perhaps this topic is better in the Member Hub?
The topic you mention is a great essay - and it works in the forum - because, here we are all equal - I donāt think it will work well on a company website - which for all intents and purpose - that is what manjaro.org is.
Iāve done the honours on this occasion, if you deem it appropriate. 
I agree there should be links referring to maintenance, but how and where is not going to be the easiest decision.
Nah, thereās no need to move it there, although I appreciate your concern. 
Thank you, thank you. 
As the author of that essay, I agree with you that it would not be a good idea to have it up there in the Download section of the Manjaro website ā as you say, it was written specifically for the forum.
At the same time, I also do agree with @yoel that there should be a stronger emphasis on the fact that Manjaro isnāt for everyone, and that it is definitely not a suitable distribution for an absolute newcomer to GNU/Linux, and especially not if said absolute newcomer comes straight from the Microsoft ecosystem.
In terms of operating system design, GNU/Linux and Microsoft Windows couldnāt possibly be farther removed from one another.
The former is an operating system that runs equally well on mainframes and supercomputers as it does on laptops and notebooks, or even devices smaller than that.
The latter is an operating system that started out as merely a graphical user interface on top of a single-tasking, non-networked, single-user operating system ā i.e. MS-DOS/PC-DOS ā and that was then later enhanced by way of a DOS memory extender and a cooperative multitasking scheduler. And then later still, that whole lot was essentially ported over onto a more powerful but design-wise actually incompatible kernel called NT, with as their primary directive ā from Bill Gates himself ā that the end result was not allowed to break compatibility at the API level.
By consequence, someone habituated to the Microsoft way of, not just working with a computer, but also how they perceive a computer and how a computer should behave, will have a much harder time getting to know and understand GNU/Linux than someone who has never even seen a computer from up close in their entire life.
And that leads to trouble. Many if not most of the problems we see being reported here at the forum are a direct result of what I call āthe Microsoft indoctrinationā. As such, a heads-up in one way or another for people coming from the MS-Windows world without any prior experience at all with GNU/Linux ā or with another UNIX, like FreeBSD/NetBSD and siblings ā is warranted.
But in my personal opinion, this should then be carefully embedded into the description of the Manjaro distribution on the main manjaro.org web page, not via a link to my (technically more elaborate) essay here at the forum.
In the past, weāve had text up there that wrongfully depicted Manjaro as an ideal distribution for absolute beginners and for gamers, neither of which is even remotely true.
Yes, Manjaro is more user-friendly than Arch proper, and yes, you can play games on Manjaro, and we even offer ā via our hardware partners ā a dedicated Manjaro gaming console.
However, as a general-purpose UNIX platform that you can download and install yourself, Manjaro is neither aimed at beginners nor at gamers, and if weāre going to keep insisting that it would be, then weāre also going to keep on being reminded of how itās not true, both because of the increase in threads from people who have no idea what theyāve gotten themselves into, and because of feedback from people who will be more vocal about our perceived claims of Manjaroās user-friendliness toward newbies.
The current introduction page at manjaro.org is already immensely better than what used to be there before, but in my personal opinion ā shared by many among you, Iām sure ā the technical and advanced nature of Manjaro as a distribution could still be emphasized more clearly.
Just my ā¬0.02ā¦ 
Ā±R0.40 in South Africa. And hereās mine:
I donāt think this will make such a big difference. The reason being relatively simple, and unfortunately not something that anyone other than oneself can change oneself:
An attitude of self-righteousness, entitlement and attitude.
How can it be fixed? Well, it starts with the parentsā¦
Are you saying that I am self-righteous, entitled, and wielding an attitude? 
Yes. We all have an attitude. Thatās a fact. Whether itās an attitude of humbleness, entitlement, or know-all is up to each and every one off us.
Nope. The problem is that.
You have a lifetimeās experience with GNU/Linux. Iām surprised you donāt have a bad attitude.
But Iāll reword it:
Better?
Not in the sense of how the expression āhaving an attitudeā is commonly understood in the English language. The expression āhaving an attitudeā implies a bad attitude.
Yes, much better, thank you.
I know.
Itās one of the stupider things in the English language. Well, Afrikaans as well, so Iām guessing itās not the language, but the speakers.
Youāre welcome!
The goal we have with Manjaro Immutable to provide a version that will actually be usable by absolute beginners.
That means primarily no AUR, no updates through pacman (including no pacnew etc).
Currently Manjaro Immutable is out in a community testing release. Once we have this version ready for everybody, itāll be added to the manjaro.org website. And then it would definitely make sense to describe the versions a bit with a new user āwarningā for the regular Manjaro version.
Agreed; on both counts.
Instead of a link to that article, as @yoel suggests, a valid compromise might be to add a brief recommendation for new users to join the Manjaro Forum; and provide a general link (optional).
Is there an official name for it yet?
I mean, āā¦for Dummiesā probably isnāt available; and likely not overly appropriate. Something to compliment Edge would be nice.
Manjaro Static?
Manjaro boring?
I meant to use that as an example, not a suggestion to use that specific article. Although I admit, it may have appeared that way to some.
What bothers me is seeing users who were clueless about basic maintenance and panic when they end up booting to a black screen, and then tell us no one was there to tell them .
Anyhow, as @romangg mentioned, letās at least see how Manjaro Immutable rolls out.
The best minds of a popular office suite could only come up with OpenOffice Still for the LTS versionā¦
What grinds me is the thought that Manjaro might settle for something equally unimaginative, or that it remains as Manjaro Immutable, which will mean nothing to potential users.
Itās a marketing consideration.
Edgeā¦ which is what Unstable/Stable(ish) will morph into, is great for its purposeā¦ and itās been used before in different situations; itās recognisable for what it is ā Living on the edge! (yay).
Immutable means nothing to anyone who hasnāt completed a Computer Science course of some kind.
Iām not saying itās easy. As I type, I canāt think of a perfect name, either; perhaps Intepid or Valiant, which loosely mean the same as Immutable; or, even Manjaro Balance (not on the Edge).
These are random ideas. Iām certain some serious thought could produce something more workable from every perspective.
Edge sounds like microsoft has a browser spying in there somewhere.
I know. I know! I know!!!
Letās go with the poplar trend now and
Combine it with @soundofthunderās edge suggestion, and
immutojaro
No, no you donāt, not yet!
Manjaro T-OSā¦ 
Oh, youāre sharp today.
Edge is the likely name that the Unstable repo will be renamed to, apparently; so, the rolling-release would become Manjaro Edge.