Last time I checked Manjaro is based on Arch and not Fedora,
- Manjaro provides all the benefits of the Arch operating system combined with a focus on user-friendliness and accessibility.
- Manjaro follows Archlinux
- Manjaro is suitable for newcomers as well as experienced Linux users. For newcomers, a user-friendly installer is provided, and the system itself is designed to work fully ‘straight out of the box’ with features including:
- Pre-installed codecs to play multimedia files
I guess Manjaro shouldn’t offer those codecs as well, right?
What about hardware level? Intel CPUs, Management Engines and black-box chips. This is OK, right? Not proprietary at all…
Let’s take a look at Arch’s principles again, which Manjaro follows and builds on top of it:
Pragmatism
Arch is a pragmatic distribution rather than an ideological one.
The large number of packages and build scripts in the various Arch Linux repositories offer free and open source software for those who prefer it, as well as proprietary software packages for those who embrace functionality over ideology.
Arch compared to other distributions:
- Fedora refuses to include non-free software in official repositories due to its dedication to free software, though third-party repositories are available for such packages. Arch is more lenient in its disposition toward non-free software, leaving the discernment to the user.
So, everything is just fine.
Back to topic, this is excellent news and congrats to everyone involved! I’ve been using Vivaldi and its an excellent browser, solid and fast, very customizable fitting Linux’s philosophy like a glove, and the company is very transparent and open in what they do. I’ve been following their blogs in which they explain a lot of things, and they are pretty anti-Google and anti-Microsoft as well: