Nice one! 
Iāll add it to the list with all the other names people have already given our distribution. 
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Hello everybody!
Iāve been trying to switch to Linux for a couple years but every time I tried different distros and desktop environments Iād run into an annoying issue and go back to Windows. I even tried Manjaro a couple years ago but there were still issues that I couldnāt get around. Now most of the problems seem to have gone away, but there were still some things I had to manually fix due to my setup requirements (4k + 1080p monitor, Nvidia + Intel setup, mainly gaming focused). If anyone is interested I have a small document that lists all the fixes I needed to make to get it running smoothly.
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Hi everyone!
I signed up because of the āIs Manjaro the right distribution for youā tutorial and itās suggestion that Iāll need to keep an eye on the update Announcements.
Iāve been using Ubuntu for a while and though it was time for me to develop a better understanding of my home pc and the type of linux I want to have on it. I thought trying an Arch-based distro (Iām not brave enough for a command line install yet) would broaden my horizons.
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Donāt worry too much, but certainly youāre in for a shockā¦ I just asked someone why they would bother installing Kate or KWrite as Snap or Flatpaks - it turns out that using Ubuntu (LTS) they canāt just install (as we can) 24.08.1 without using Flatpak or Snap, because their repositories have a really ancient version instead.
Take time to work out snapshots, backups, and ease yourself in there.
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Indeed. And:
For pure Arch, for now, maybe, but for installing packages itās not hard, once you get used to it, especially as e.g. Kate is already included (at least on the full KDE .ISO, Iād expect it to be there on the minimal one too) and will be kept up to date when you do sudo pacman -Syu.
Any questions, there are people here happy to help.
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Thatāll teach me for posting at 1am lol. Iāve been using apt for nearly as long as I used Ubuntu. It was the whole OS installing, I was too chicken for 
This was one of my motivators, Snap and Flatpack used to be presented as options but now, as you say, theyāre pretty much the only way. I put a pause on my OS updates until one of my weirder pieces of software could update (as it wouldnāt work on the new OS update) and the various package managers started getting stroppy. Things broke in a āand now you donāt have a functioning Kernalā kinda way and I figured nowās the time to scoot over to a new distro and see if I can learn a bit.
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Iām Wagner Bocchi from Brazil, a graduate in Business Administration. Iām 29 years old and have an innate passion for technology, which began in my childhood, when I would dismantle and explore devices with an insatiable curiosity about how they worked. Iāve always been self-taught and adventurous, not afraid to explore and learn about new areas of knowledge.
As I said before, Iām a Business Administration graduate because at the time I didnāt know what I wanted to do. Iāve worked in several companies in the administrative area and I was also an entrepreneur when I set up a brewery. Ever since I can remember, Iāve always spent hours on computers. My passion for IT started early because my mother was in the area and at the time she worked with BASIC and COBOL on those huge computers. When I was a teenager, I was always dismantling computers, creating servers with old PCs, and hacking friends just for fun. I used a lot of social engineering with my friends, and I didnāt even know what it was at the time. I just did it to make fun of or joke around with my friends back in the days of Orkut and MSN. And I never knew what I wanted to do and it was always ahead of me, after many years I have been certifying myself in courses from Cisco, IBM, Red Hatā¦
Currently, I work as an Ethical Hacker, specialized in identifying and correcting vulnerabilities in corporate systems. My experience includes conducting penetration tests, Phishing campaigns and searching for flaws in applications, contributing to the cybersecurity of several organizations.
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Hello everyone, I installed Manjaro XFCE because plain old arch is hard to maintain and Manjaro is very user friendly while still allowing me to use arch.
Hoping to learn more about linux and fixes to any issues I face with the help of this forum 
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Hello! I am somewhat new to Manjaro. I know Windows more than Linux.
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Welcome aboard. I made the switch an cannot believe how far Linux has come and so far Manjaro has been an incredibly pleasant experience. New software, very large software library, so well put together and simple to use. All my Steam games seem to play just fine. Nothing but positive. So thankful to the folks who put this together. Hope your experience is as good as mine has been. I even bought some of their merch and started advertising for them. If you have any questions feel free to reach out. I got so tired of the new features in Windows that are nothing other than spyware. I had enough.
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Hello,
i just switched a week ago to first head to manjaro and i used manjaro slightly before i think i used linux mint too tad slightly then retretaed into windows
installed it and messing around switching around 3-4 distros installing packages commands using linux learned slightly better and i returned to manjaro
also i reinstalled windows from debian my last distro to fiddle around before returning to manjaro
lets just say compared to linux windows lacks in performance Department even i have nvme drive as main drive and still loaded damn low so after toying with windows i returned
it seems screwing around and finding out its the best way to learn linux greatest
(and installing one distro 5 times because i didnt get the desktop-envoirement change)
so iām here installed steam firefox dowlanoaded baldurs gate 3 going to dowlanoad mods to bg3 and chill about it and try to tinker around wine a bit
i guess to say iām here ?
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Hi @ all,
I am a Manjaro user for a couple of years and I am still very happy with it. The Manjaro + Arch community is great.
Before I was on Debian and at some point, I even used Ubuntu.
I am here for looking a around and actually being able to get some help if I happen to be really stuck with something which does not happen as often.
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Hi my name is Art.
I switched to Linux a few years ago. Started with a System76 Laptop and PopOS. Itās a great OS to start with but I found some apps (neovim) at the time were outdated. I needed something with a more up-to-date repository.
So I switched to Arch. Really enjoyed it. Learned a tremendous amount going that route but somethings would talk me hours to figure out. Finally got frustrated while out of town travelling and couldnāt resolve something I thought should be fairly simple and decided I needed something a bit less time consuming and easier to work with for me.
I really liked Archās rolling release, pacman and a host of other things and decided to try Manjaro. Almost everything worked immediately on day 1. I was amazed and impressed. So glad I made the switch. Grateful for all to gave their time to make it such a success.
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Welcome! 
Iām on my second System76 laptop. Feel free to tag me on the forum if you need help with anything System76 related.
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Hallo
Ich bin Uwe und absoluter Linux-Neuling
Ich habe mich in den letzten Wochen intensiv mit Linux beschƤftigt und mir verschiedene Distributionen angesehen.
Ćber Linux Mint bin ich auf Zorin gekommen und diese Version ausprobiert. Hat mich nicht so Ć¼berzeugt. Dann habe ich mir verschiedene Videos von Manjaro angesehen und werde es heute installieren. Mein PC ist mit Win10 bestĆ¼ckt und die Hardware gibt eine Aktualisierung auf Win11 nicht her. Hatte eigentlich nie groĆartige Probleme mit Windows aber ich mƶchte nach allem, was ich Ć¼ber Win11 gehƶrt habe, dieses System nicht.
Also versuche ich mich im Bereich Linux auszutoben.
Vielen Dank fĆ¼r dieses Forum und so viele hilfsbereite Menschen.
GrĆ¼Će
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Iāve done the honours for you:
Hello
Iām Uwe and an absolute Linux newbie.
In the past few weeks, Iāve been intensely exploring Linux and checking out various distributions.
I came across Zorin through Linux Mint and tried out this version. It didnāt really convince me.
Then I watched several videos about Manjaro, and Iām going to install it today. My PC is equipped with Windows 10, and the hardware doesnāt allow for an upgrade to Windows 11.
Iāve never really had major issues with Windows, but after everything Iāve heard about Windows 11, I donāt want that system.
So, Iām trying to dive into the world of Linux.
Many thanks for this forum and so many helpful people.
Best regards
Willkommen im Forum! ā about the limit of āmein Deutsch sprechenā.
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Hi 
. My name is Jozsef. Iām using Manjaro on lvm.
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Hi all!
Basilis here, codename tsapi, from Thessaloniki, northern Greece.
I am a computer enthusiast since the 80s and a linux enthusiast since approx 2000. I have several debian server installations and am currently using Manjaro as the distro for my PC (workstation) at home and at work and for my laptops. Have been using arch for years, but currently (and the past few years) prefer Manjaro as it saves me the hassle and time of polishing things. Currently using KDE but have used several DEs over the time.
Glad to be here! Hope to be able to give something back to the manjaro team and the community! 
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Hi there. Iām back. After 2 and half years on Arch, Iām coming back to the green side to check the novelty and tinker once more.
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