The penguin is a cliche, it’s not really creative.
On top of that, that’s probably the dumbest looking penguin, to be honest.
I mean, I’m all down for the Linux mascot and all, but it feels out of place in the bottom right.
The way the OP put it is interesting because a couple of days ago I expressed it almost the same way:
And IMO penguin and his blue box feel like they don’t really belong to the environment.
Manjaro text and logo look a bit weird [Most likely my PC]
I think it looks unpro.
For example the main website is well made, almost all pro websites look like that nowadays, i’m not really familiar with php but i can easily tell that’s above average design. The manjaro logo loading is a really nice touch as well.
Now imagine this silly cartoonish penguin on the bottom of that index page. I think you get what I mean.
Also, IMO Manjaro logo on top should always stay on the dark green part regardless of dpi.
Looks don’t really matter all that much, that’s just my 2 cents.