WIth the new installer and layout switcher, Gnome is becoming the top flagship distro from Manjaro. I found myself now using Gnome a lot more than KDE.
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It is possible. If we do it, other editions would use the oem mode of calamares for this.
@Chrysostomus: Ok. Very happy. 
I want to test this Manjaro Gnome 20.2 Nibia version on my hybrid PC (tablet/PC). Now, is it well suited to the touch device, and everything related to tablet mode? Is this version suitable for a device with 2Gb memory ram (with some adjustement) ?
What degree Wayland support on this version? Good / excellent ?
Is it possible to install it on an uefi 32bit hardware ?
I might be tempted to go back to Gnome if everything is ok for my device above.
But an installer and a layout switcher are not the kind of programs one uses in everyday lifeā¦
I donāt know, itās mostly uncharted territory. The on screen keyboard is more limited than in Android, but most stuff should work okay, depending on the hardware. With touch screen, I recommend trying the material shell extension, it should be eminently suitable for tablets.
Thatās not much ram to work with, but it can be done. The minimal iso would be a better starting point, but if you trim out the nonessentials, it might be okay. You are going to need at least 4G swap, just in case. I would install
- disable-tracker (run it after installing)
- lighter gnome (affects only user accounts created after its installation)
And remove
- evolution-data-server (removes email and calendar with it)
- mntray
- caffeine
And disable as many extensions as you can. I would leave only material-shell
Pretty good, but depends more on your hardware.
No, only 64bit hardware is supported unfortunately.
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Iām waiting the final release of Manjaro Gnome 20.2 and I will tell you if that version works correctly or not on my material (Hybrid PC (tablet/PC)). Perhaps I will do a little report. You said that the Release (so final) will be available this weekend, is it right ?
Thanks. If you got others advice to reduce the used amount memory, Iāll take it.
I canāt add more memory on this hardware, otherwise I will have done it. It is limited to 2Gb memory ram only. With the swap, I will not create it on the flash internal disk (EMMC) because it will be kill it. I thinked to install the swap on a Sd card through my card reader but I donāt know if it is a good thing. Another solution is to use zram but I tried it and it takes me a lot of memory (tried with kde version), so I disabled it. So I donāt use swap at all.
It is possible to use Manjaro 64 bit on an uefi 32bit hardware . With the advices said by some users here it is possible. I tried with Manjaro KDE 20.2-rc1 version and it works. But the usb live must created in another way, but it works. 
One last thing. Is there a way to translate your gnome-layout switcher application to another language than the English ?
Thanks.
Note: I tested the liveusb and the bug with the backlight (light 100%) is there. The bug come from the kernel version (5.9.8-2). The workaround is to add an option in the grub kernel command line to stop that bug. There is a topic on it on this forum.
I fixed the tiling settings and app folders last night. They are now fixed for the next iso. If you installed this iso, you can run command apply-tiling-settings to get the fixes.
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I wonder if this release include new nvidia driver for rtx3070 graphic card? I tried to install a new Manjaro with 20.1 and cannot boot due to old driver.
Edit: It works 
Something wrong with layout switcher. Fresh start from a USB stick. Double click on the appās header makes it maximised, but the next double click doesnāt restore the previous state, instead it stays the same size but moves to the right a bit, so the window control buttons go out of sight.
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Thank you for reporting, Iāll look into it.
Finally downloaded this one. Will stay on this ISO for sure. Everything works for me. GNOME is my place to be
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I canāt reproduce the issue unfortunately.
@Chrysostomus: I reproduced the issue through the Live Usb and the ābugā said by openminded is true.
And one of the layout (the four layout (I think it is modern)) make me go back to the login screen. So, could you check the six layouts to see if it is ok ?
Is pop-shell ready for wayland ? I move the cursor to activate it but I donāt see crash (Wayland session is enabled by default in Live USB).
Thanks.
I do not doubt the veracity of the issue, Iām just having difficulties troubleshooting it.
Thanks, Iāll look into it.
Mostly yes
Ok, no problem. The window can be moved, so, itās just that the previous state is not well restored.
Otherwise, I found a way to control gamma under Wayland. I was looking for it since a long time, and someone find the solution.
The solution is here (a Small GTK GUI application to set contrast, brightness and gamma for wayland compositors which support the wlr-gamma-control protocol extension. An AUR package is available here. I think it is an interesting application for Manjaro distribution and Manjaro users who use Wayland. Perhaps it could be add to Manjaro Nibia 20.2 or later ?
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Maybe. It seems to be quite small package, so not much maintenance overhead. But it also seems not to be very mature yet (no man page, does not even show itās help dialog when it cannot connect to display, no desktop file). If someone is willing to contribute a PKGBUILD with a desktop file, then I see no issues in adding it to the repos.
@Chrysostomus: First, I will test it on Manjaro Gnome 20.2-rc2 to see if it works. If it is ok, Manjaro could add it in the repos later.
Either way, it can be installed via AUR for now.
It seems that we will do another release candidate. The release got pushed to the next weekend because we need to translate the release announcement. However, that also means that the window resizing support in material-shell is also going to make it to the release.
Ok, we will wait.
Is there a way to translate your Gnome-layout application to another language because it is full in English ?
Yes, but it would require translation support to be added into it. If someone submits a pull request Iāll merge it in a heartbeat, but I donāt have enough time to do it myself in the near future unfortunately.