Welcome and introduce yourself - 2021

Hi Everyone,

I’ve been using Manjaro with the XFCE desktop environment since February 2019. I really like the rolling release model for updates and my system has been working well since then.

Fortunately, I was able to retain my username from the old forum.

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Hello, I’m Matthew and I’m a new Manjaro user. Been using it for a couple months now and I’m very impressed with it. I went with Xfce desktop and it feels very comfortable. I made the decision to jump from Windows to Linux. Best thing I’ve ever done… No more system crashes, driver problems and far better security. (Sorry I’m still quite new to Linux and still learning) I must say the Manjaro wiki and the info that’s in the forum is very helpful.

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Hi guys, long time linux serverside user, been using Linux with a pointer device only since manjaro for about a year on X86 and a bit longer on ARM, and I have little to complain about, except my occasional lack of knowledge :slight_smile: I am using Manjaro as a platform for my own DE / UI, which is where I come from professionally (before, linux was always the ugly strong beast in the basement). I am building some stuff for over a year which I would love to contribute to the project if anybody’s interested, let’s see. Until then - this is to the community :slight_smile:

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Hi all,

I’m Keith, a relative Linux newbie - Dual booting with Windows for the last 4 months or so after wanting a different OS so I don’t feel like I’m at work all the time! Started with Ubuntu but switched my main desktop to Manjaro (Gnome) after 2 quite catastrophic updates from Canonical. My laptop still runs Ubuntu OK but my desktop just doesn’t seem to ever be happy. So glad I made the switch - really liking the Arch infrastructure so far.

I’m a full stack web developer and technical architect specialising in vanilla JS, Vue, .net and Azure. Love any opportunity to pull out a dev stack on my Linux boxes these days.

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Hi everyone

i have been using linux since the 90s , first with Slackware, then Redhat, then Debian, and finally Ubuntu for a few years. I have to say Manjaro brought back the fun and sense of adventure of the first years. Thanks to all the developers and contributors, I hope as I learn to be able to contribute somewhat as well.

Keep it up. Manjaro is how computing should be.

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For decades I’ve been using 2/3 GPUs - at some point no distro was able to pick up on this. While testing out stuff Arch made me fall in love, because of the documentation and Manjaro was the first distro to get things right straight out of Calamares. So here I am, 5 years later…

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Hi there

Hi, my name is Markku and I am from Finland. I am a retired computer installer who over the years has increasingly become a linux user.
The first experiments were in the mid-90s with Red Hat, which didn’t go down the tube at the time, but at some point even i started using it through several distros :).

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hello I’m Jerome, I’m relatively new to linux, I’ve used Ubuntu for two months and decided to switch to manjaro just two weeks ago. I’m still in college and a part time fullstack developer :wave:

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Hi Guys,
after long journey from Fedora, Debian, Arch i’m landed by Manjaro.
Still asking questions…

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Hi everyone,
I’ve been a Linux user since… 1998? I started with Red Hat 6(who remember Linus Torvalds saying “Linux” on the short audio sample which would run to test you have configured the audio card IRQs correctly?) and then switched to Mandrake/Mandriva and then stumbled upon Linux Mint and now Manjaro(for the past year or so).
I am now a fan of all things Arch. It all started with me wanting to build a KVM setup capable of PCIe pass-through. Ah, also I sick of PPAs and broken dependencies.

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Hi everyone, I’m new to Manjaro. I have been using Linux since 2006. Back in the days things were often breaking so I often needed to dual boot with Windows (ALSA, printers, ethernet drivers…).

Linux Mint was the first distribution where everything worked out of the box without any complicated configuration. But I was fedup with the upgrade process which was quite painful.

I just tried Manjaro from the advice of a friend, and so far I love it!

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Switched from mint(after 4 years) to manjaro-cinnamon edition 12 months ago and couldn’t be happier. Rolling release and pacman/pamac package management are so much better in my opinion

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Hi!
Starting with this beautiful distro today. Loving it so far.

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Heya folks its MadmanRB here, I have used Manjaro in the past a few times and am dabbling in it once more just for fun.
I am a long time linux user and typically like to keep to the Ubuntu/Debian family but now and then i feel a little adventurous and want something else now and then :smiley:

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Hi guys,
I’m french from France. I live in Thailand. I’m a long term linux user and i’m here to kindly ask some guidance on how to explore this wonderful system that is Manjaro as well as help new comers if i chance too.
I’m mainly interest in wine and be able install some windows app as i’m day trader.
I’m looking forward to have change to meet you guys along this adventure here.
Cheers :smiley:

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Hi everyone,
Im come from Indonesia, this is my first time using linux, my friend recommend me to use Manjaro KDE, and yeah, it looks awesome! :heart:

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Hi I’m worked with Windows for 27 years now. Tired of it. Now Manjaro KDE for about a week. Thanks to you in this forum I managed to get my WD Nas working and my network printer oki c301dn working but only black and white so far. Still have problem with disappearing meta button but I take care of that later.

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Hi everyone,

I am switching from Kubuntu 20.04 to Manjaro KDE. I have dual booted Ubuntu and Windows, and plan to install Manjaro alongside the other two OS. I will later delete Ubuntu after I set up Manjaro completely.

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