Hello, Manjaro Starter!

In the part where you can install applications, it doesn’t show when the application is already installed for example I have VirtualBox, Audacious or TimeShift installed, it doesn’t show as installed (some are though). Also the popup that shows when you click Install is inside the application card, so if the main application is not maximized, you can have it almost hidden and the buttons are hidden.

Resizing still makes things go under others.

I’m not a fan of the automatic update check when you reach that part. I think this should be manually triggered, to not have it stall for minutes on low bandwidth scenario, or if you don’t want to eat your bandwidth (sometimes people use limited connections).

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That’s the whole idea. :wink:

It’s currently used on the GNOME daily ISO builds.

Well its installed in my cinnamon iso’s but does not auto load in the live session. I guess something needs to change in the build system to make it work

Starter is now available in the Manjaro ARM unstable repo. Please test.

Known issues:

  • If Calamares is installed, it thinks it’s running in a live environment.
    • Note that calamares-arm-oem and calamares are no longer needed after installation and can be safely removed
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The setup should uninstall these, when it finishes. At least that’s what we tell it to do.

0.31.2 has most things I reported fixed :+1:

I guess the menu on the left could benefit from the current window height instead of being fixed height.

//EDIT: it is resizing that can create this behavior with the menu on the left

when application is maximized the menu is like “one with the main frame”, but when you resize, the menu has its own frame within which it has its own scrollbar. Reducing the window size and making it bigger reproduces the issue on my side.

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A very nice project. Especially now when manjaro-application-utility is bugged and has to be removed from manjaro-hello, it is a nice catalog of recommended software. I think it should be installed by default and recommended to newcomers.

A small bug though: sometimes on resize the side menu disappears and leaves only a green stripe (the selected category but without text). Resizing fixes it. A sub-bug of it, maximizing makes the side category menu unscrollable so the last 1-2 categories are hidden.

Goodbye, Manjaro Starter. :frowning_face:

Unfortunately, @oguzkagan no longer has time to work on the project. I’m very sad to have had to remove it from the repos.

If you’re curious what amazing things @oguzkagan might be up to in the future, you can always check out his website.

Can’t you just leave it as is? It works.

Unfortunately, there is outdated release info, missing packages (like Midori) and links will be broken with the upcoming website changes.