Hi Manjaro KDE Plasma guys,
I just installed Manjaro 25 KDE Plasma. Can you help me with some suggestions on extra package repositories to install for my Intel MacBook Air 13 with integrated graphics? I’m new to Linux. I see a package factory here in the repository, so to avoid messing up and installing something that might not work.
If I understand you correctly, then you are looking for something like the PPAs on Ubuntu. Well, there is no such thing in Manjaro.
All of the supported software is in the Manjaro repositories, but you can also add Snaps and/or FlatPaks for certain things if you like.
And then there is also the Arch User Repository, but its content should be approached with care, and you don’t actually get software packages directly from the AUR. Instead, the AUR contains build scripts, which fetch the software from the developers’ repositories — usually as source code, which is then compiled, linked and installed on your system.
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Hi,
I’m talking about these things here, look at the screenshot. I’m noticing that the Mac is having a bit of a slow performance, I restart with a black screen for 10, 15 seconds, then show me the grub menu. In short, it doesn’t have a responsive restart. I also notice some lag on the screen. What I want to know is if I should install something from this repository here, to improve performance. Does Manjaro install everything it needs automatically or do I have to install something from this menu I put here in the screenshot?
(The site won’t let me upload screenshots. It gives me an error).
I’ll give you some examples:
package:
1: alpm
2: archlinux-tools
3: arduino
4:budgie
5:clap-plugins
6:coin-or
7:coq
8:coreboot-utils
9:cosmic
10:cutefish
11:deepin
12:deepin-extra
13:dlang
14:dlang-dmd
15:dlang-ldc
16:dssi-plugins
etc…
Have you studied the recommendatiosn for install on a Mac?
Mac - ArchWiki
Installation guide - ArchWiki
Important detail with regard to the GRUB bootloader:
To install GRUB to /EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI , follow the instructions at GRUB#Installation, adding the --removable option when running grub-install.
Mac - ArchWiki
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alpm is the basis of Arch’s and therefore also Manjaros package management. - it’s already there.
deepin, cosmic, budgie, cutefish are just different, lesser known desktop environments - the more popular ones are KDE Plasma, Gnome, Xfce4
The purpose is the same, they are not for improving performance … but to make your interaction with the machine easy and effective.
arduino is basically an IDE for writing code for specific hardware.
coreboot-utils - you may want that if your Mac has coreboot - I do not know anything about that.
Then you listed some programming language and things having to do with audio.
None of that has got to do with enhancing performance.
All of that can be had via the standard repositories or AUR or AppImages or flatpak or snap - none of it will be present already (alpm being the exception).
You install what you want or need.
Just like with almost every computer or operating system.
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Those things are examples I wanted to show the guy from before, because I can’t upload the screenshot here in the conversation. So I put these things down as examples, to make him understand what I’m trying to say. But you’ve clarified a few things for me. Leave them where they are, before they start messing up my device and I have to reinstall the system from scratch.
Anyway, I’m using a 13-inch Intel MacBook Air (2014) with Manjaro KDE Plasma. I’m trying to see how it works on this old Mac, since Apple has a policy of no longer updating older laptops, so I’m trying some Linux distros to see how they behave on Mac.
That is not at all what I intended to convey.
That is what a package manager is for - so that you can install and uninstall any software as often as you want - without “messing up” your system.
Arch/Manjaro is a system which you install once and keep upgrading continuously - no reinstall needed ever - instead of a huge major version upgrade every few years (or a reinstallation).
This following is off-topic for this thread, so I will not delve into any great detail, but are you aware of the OpenCore Legacy Patcher for Unsupported Macs?
It allows you to patch macOS so that later versions will continue to function on older hardware. Of course, this may ultimately prove short-lived as Tahoe is the last MacOS with Intel support.
- OpenCore Legacy Patcher (GitHub)
You’ll find a list of supported models here, and for more information, try an Internet search with opencore oclp among the search terms.
Regards.
I suppose you may have already found your answer;
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