New to Manjaro first impressions!

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Hi Everyone,
Being someone who has used ios for most of his computer life i was somewhat interested in finding more about the various Linux distros out there , and boy there’s plenty to choose from.

After many hours of reading and trying the many different distros out there i came across this one,

Oh boy, can i just say a huge well done to the team for producing what is in my view a well made os. I just love it, The installation was a breeze and i like the many user configurations available to the user. The graphical interface is …well just beautiful . I think i have finally found my os it is just a beautiful os (How many times do i need to say this) I just love it.

However i just now need to learn how to use it . So in conclusion than, No more distro hopping for me just loads of reading on how to use and get the most out of this masterpiece of a OS…

Once again a huge well done to the Manjaro Developers you’ve created a true masterpiece.

Peter.

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Welcome.

I have some reading suggestions

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Hi and welcome to the Forum :+1:

Just for fairness, the major thanks should go to the Arch Linux comunity, because Manjaro is mostly just a compilation and ease of use of their packages :wink:
But yea the Manjaro team is doing well so far :+1:

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oh ok i didnt know that …Well a huge well done to them as well :face_with_hand_over_mouth:

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Many thanks for the suggestions !!

Regards

Peter

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Additional infos:

Switch from Windows iOS - how to use GNU/Linux:

Please have a look at the ARCH-Wiki (to learn about ARCH/manjaro)

And there is also a small manjaro Wiki

If you are eager to learn, also use: :mag: in the forum

:footprints:

PS Please note:

  • iOS doesn’t require much maintenance (because you paid for it)
  • LINUX/Manjaro is free, but needs maintenance. And if you tinker with it you need to understand what you are doing.
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And still have backups.

Even if you don’t, you still do.

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Many thanks for the info.

I would be way out of my comfort zone to even consider being a tinker user. Although i like to learn how things work but from a look and read view point only

Once again thank you for the reading matter.

Pete

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yes this is one thing i wanted to setup but i cant remember the program used for making backup>>?

Regards

Pete

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There are many of them. Many.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Synchronization_and_backup_programs

Many.

But the most common around here, I think, is Timeshift:

And it’s in the community repository:

$ pamac search timeshift
[...]
timeshift                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [Installed] 22.11.2-1  community
A system restore utility for Linux

So can be installed with:

pamac install timeshift
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If you know time-machine,

you know the concept behind “snapshots”. So you know how to use them and that they are not a substitute for a backup (unless they are external), but a great help in everyday use.
:mag: timeshift, snapper, btrfs

Make Backups:

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Oh my gosh I am overwhelmed by the level of support I have had Thank you all so very much I really appreciate it. As regards to where i store the backups i was going to send them monthly to a external hard drive. However I would manually have to back up my system as the drive would not be fixed to my computer on a permanent basis. I am hoping this is something i can do without much fuss.

Once many thanks…!!

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Someone here also already mentioned it; I think timeshift is the easier option you can use for backups.
Regards
Damian

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It’s not a backup software, it is a “system-rollback” software, you should make backups on external media :wink:

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I also have all files synced to cloud I forgot to mention.