Hands down to creators of Manjaro. I appreciate the ability to use the AUR with pamac. Arch Linux is amazing if you know what your doing and has become a huge learning platform for me. You have made it available for me to better my learning experience with Manjaro. Thank you!!
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I suspect you mean “Hands up”, and not down.
Other than that, YEAH!!!
I give ratings and feedback all the time as developers and their users rely on our input however I rarely give outstanding rates. I will definitely give 5 stars to the Manjaro distribution. I’ve been working on bringing back older PC’s and giving them away to kids who don’t have much. There are major limitations to this project finding compatible hardware/software for current OS’s but I am currently on a Chromebook 11 G5 running Manjaro and is running solid. Of course I have modified this Chromebook to read/write and partitioned the internal drive to boot efi and a robust swap. The Manjaro distro is loaded on an SDcard. Point being this PC is old and It has no problems running Manjaro and its very powerful tools. People deserve the right to experience something other than android or ios. Of all the Linux distributions including Kali, Manjaro has my #1 vote!!
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No, the expression is “[It] wins hands down.” 
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No, the expression is “[It] wins hands down.”
Yeah, that I know. But since @OP didn’t specify the “it” part, it could have been “hands up” or “it wins hands down”, as you mentioned. I think. Except if is something else in play that I’m unaware of. (Which is also a distinct possibility.)
Could be a boxing reference - when the judge slams his hand to floor on the count of 10 on knockout - then raises the winners hand in the air… and the winner is…
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Ah, like when a boxer named Hans gets knocked out?
Hans down!
“Hats off” to creators of Manjaro… seems the more likely idiom.
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According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the true source is horse racing. The earliest examples of the phrase come from 19th century sporting papers where horses win races “hands down,” meaning that victory is so secure that the jockey can relax and drop the reins before crossing the finish line.
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Lest we forget...
Hans Gruber (Hans down…)
OK, my opinion has officially been overruled. By everyone.
So there you go @OP.
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Like a robbery or surrender?
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If that floats your goat…
OMG I love it! this is definately the team I am looking for! capturing all sides, analizing not just the displayed information but diving deep, digging and exposing possibilities beyond a single mind. Sweet! anyway just wanted to share that I am a musician (who cares right?) but I have found that Manjaro along with its friendly repositories and package managers “aka pamac” and others provide a platform with no limits. Choice of a rt kernel “real time’“ gives me 0 latency and access to the limitless AUR. In other words this Linux Distribution is what you want if you prefer building your own environment. The power of Arch and the geniuses behind Manjaro! Im not on here often but I would definitely like to be a part of THIS team wherever I might fit, probably nowhere lol but I can handle direct feedback. Pardon my grammar everyone, I did read the intro and I try to fallow directions
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To add to the sub topic “Hands Down”. My reference to hands down meaning no contest. I put my hands down at my side and acknowledge a solid accomplishment. But that’s just my use in context of the phrase. I dig the elaboration though that’s fun to read!
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Sure.. if you wear a hat you could take it off. What if you don’t wear hats? Or what if your like me and taking off your hat is all bad crazy hair and straight up out of the question? lol
How about Freeze!! Put your “Hands Down”! or am I the only one who has been in that situation anyways yea lol
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Well, I’m finding all this very hard to swallow.
Speaking of swallows, we might all be better off throwing our gauntlets down and banging two halves of a coconut together, while contemplating how a swallow could possibly carry a coconut over great distances, from a tropical zone to a moderate climate, like England.
Sincerely,
Arthur, King of the Brittains.
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Sure, depending on how the thread goes, he might yet be shot at dawn…
That gives paws for thought…
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soundofthunder you are educated in the old ways of Monty Python… Props!.. Speaking of old, hi I’m Brandon. I never really understood how to navigate a PC if it wasn’t my phone until recently. Well the last 4 years recently to be more elaborate. I understand the fundamentals of operating Arch Linux but I am not nowhere near utilizing and applying the endless opportunities available in an open source platform like Linux and it’s distros. Not to not to bother you with my interests but you locked me in referencing Monty. Basically im looking for a real coach not just google’s AI which is for the most part how i’ve got this far. I can install a desktop environment on Arch only because google showed me. not to waste your time but perhaps you can help me or point me in the right direction. I need a coach! a real person not AI. A simple nope is cool i can find my way. If interested or just think its fun to teach an old dude…or not… reply here k
No, I seldom have the patience.
However, you’re in the right place for learning. A Linux oriented forum will always be useful. With Manjaro being a derivative of Arch Linux, you also have the Arch forum and Arch Wiki to learn from – the Wiki, in particular, presents a no-nonsense approach and is relied on by users of many Arch based distributions. The Manjaro Wiki presents information generally more tailored for Manjaro, as one might expect, but there is plenty to be learned from each.
Manjaro forum is user based, meaning that the help you might receive is given by other Manjaro users, volunteering their time to help where they can. Ask a question anytime by creating a new Support topic in the appropriate category and generally someone will be keen to help. The best advice I can offer is to never assume a question is too silly to ask.
Regards.
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