Welcome to the Manjaro forum! 
This is a place for new members to introduce themselves. Please, keep it short.
Hi everyone, this is Sambhav. Iām currently studying Computer Science. On January 1st, I installed Manjaro and replaced Linux Mint, and I enjoy exploring different Linux distributions. I am proficient in programming languages such as Java, Go, and C++, as well as the Spring Boot framework. Looking forward to engaging conversations and insights.
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Hello everyone
My name is Uwe and my location is somehwere in the middle of Germany.
I am working as a senior systems engineer in IT Management of a large company, looking for my retirement in 2026.
I would describe myself as an āadvanced averageā Linux user, at least a āterminal sessionā is not unkown to me 
. I moved our entire home network devices to Linux (as long as available) several years ago because me and my wife were tired about that Windows stuff.
Our main distribution is Manjaro (after several years of distro hopping), only for most of the virtual devices in my Proxmox server I am using mainly Debian.
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My name is Bhaskar. I live in Malvern, Pennsylvania, USA and work for YottaDB. I switched to Manjaro from EndeavourOS. I switched to Linux when I kicked the Windows habit in 1999, and have used at least a dozen different distros, including one circa 2000 that booted and ran off a single floppy. I became a UNIX user in 1981, and have been a software person since 1970.
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Hello Everyone!
My name is Scrells living in china~ļ¼
I like computer science, even though I am a layman and studied literature at university.
When I was young, I loved flashing and rooting my Android phones.
A few years ago, I taught myself Java and JS. Then I learned SpringBoot, Vue and MySQL.It feels really good to me to be able to write a website that is accessible.
Recently, I installed Linux on my pc Because I tried SteamOS on SteamDeck before.I thought linux is very efficient and streamlined compared with Microsoft Windows.
Among many Linux distributions,i chose Manjaro with KDE.I like the atmosphere of community members helping each other.
I hope to learn linux knowledge in community.
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Thank you! 
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@Scrells Welcome! Itās good to see you here and Iām sure youāll have no problem finding answers you may need, given your enthusiasm. 
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hello.
ttocs here. im new to manjaro after many distrohops over the last couple of years.
im happy to be part of this amazing distro after facing bog downs from windows 11.
im currently using a GMKtec G5 nuc box with the intel n97 cpu and uhd 730 igpu. manjaro xfce has brought new life into this low end machine as its used a travel media/gaming box with its 10 inch portable monitor.
i can do everything on manjaro that i did with the bloated windows 11 with lesser idle temps/fan noise and most of all lower ram usage.
all in all im glad to be here.
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I like that!
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Hello Manjaro Community,
Iām Lal T V, an intermediate Linux enthusiast from kerala, India ,who recently returned to the Linux world after retiring. My journey with Linux began over 12 years ago, and Iāve been amazed by how far it has come. After testing over 20 distros in the last three months, I chose Manjaro KDE as my daily driver, and I couldnāt be happier! Iāve customized it to my liking, and everything works flawlessly, including my favorite widgets like ChatAI. Iām here to connect with fellow users, share experiences, and learn from this amazing community. Thank you for welcoming me!
Best regards,
Lal T V
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Hi all!
Iām Eduard and Iām a beginner on Linux. Before I went into it, I watched a lot of videoās about and decided to install Manjaro. Itās a great OS at the first look, youāve done great job!
It is so that I decided to use my Manjaro for work and my new ālittle hobbyā. I would like to start learning Python. Any recommendations where to get a something like Microsoft Visual Studio but for Manjaro?
P.S. It would be great if you PM me with your answers.
Best regards
Eduard aka Greedo
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Hello to the entire community,
My name is Gregorio and Iām from Sicily. Iām not a programmer, but Iām a technology and freedom enthusiast, and Iāve been using Linux since 2000!
The first distro I tried to install was Gentoo. I know, itās crazy to start with that one, and it wasnāt easy at all, but incredibly, the distro would boot (although the DE wouldnāt start), and Iāll never forget the joy I felt. I was 20 years old at the timeā¦
Why did I choose Gentoo? Well, back then, it had an incredibly well-made and detailed wiki, the only one at the time that guided you step by step, so it was almost a forced choice. After that, I moved to Red Hat and its 5 installation CDsā¦ I still remember the hours spent selecting all the packages and resolving conflictsā¦ it makes me laugh to think about it. Today, itās a whole different worldā¦ everything is incredibly simple.
I like to understand how things work, which is why in recent years Iāve been using Arch-based distrosā¦ and Manjaro is one of the best in my opinion!
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Finally, I introduce myself 
I registered on this forum since February 2019 (the old-old forum), and my journey with Linux operating systems, started in late ā90s; In 1998-1999, for the first time, already totally tired of Windows, I was lookinā for a replacement, and firstly I tried Mandrake Linux, based on KDE.
I remember it like a strange/alien OS! I attempted various time to use it (on live cd, never installed), then I renounced to use it, and I made a very wrong choise: I bought the Compact Disk with license, of Windows Millennium Edition! The worst OS I ever tried, was also very pricy (at the time there were no the Euro).
Long story short: after that I installed a magnificient OS: Beos! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BeOS thanks to BeOS i also started to learn how to use the terminal. Was a very good OS, but a little buggy here and there.
Then after some years, I tried Haiku OS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiku_(operating_system) nice, but immature, with the lacks of various things like fully hardware support: Haiku OS has started in February 15, 2002 and is still in beta state.
Then (I donāt remeber when) I switched to Windows 7, which worked almost well. But in last times (2018/2019) Iāve found it very limited and buggy: the sleep (suspension to ram) was unreliable, and furthermore didnāt supported newer technologies (eg: unable to properly display emojis), then on February 2019, I made the definitive jump to Linux: I have been distro hopper for some time, and I focused on Manjaro Linux, since I wanted a rolling release OS. On the USB stick I tried various flavours, and there were two candidates: KDE and Xfce: this one was, for me, the best Desktop Environment.
Since I use Manjaro I studied Linux a lot: I tweaked a lot the system under the hood: memory and kernel management
(also in /etc/sysctl.d/), niceness/priority levels of running processes, different IRQ managements, CPU scheduler, disks schedulers (eg I deeply tweaked the mq-deadline I/O scheduler, especially for the SSDs); I added a lot of kernel parameters to GRUB. Currently I am experiencing a very good performance of the system: is snappy, fast, can handle very well the multi tasking (eg: i can compile programs without slowdowns of the rest, eg: I can play music and browsing the web without hiccups);
I am to the point when I can deliberately saturate almost all of my ram (big images and big GIMP projects) and the OOM killer never trigged, and the system remains stable as a rock (however I have ZRAM).
I made a lot of bash scripts and Udev rules to automate various tasks; I also tweaked a lot Firefox, which is working amazingly and higly smoothly (a lot of changes in about:config and in styles with the extension stylus, to optimize Dark Reader). There is also Tamper monkey with usefuls scipts for privacy and performance. Obviously I also have uBlock origin, but not only: on Manjaro I also installed and set dnscrypt-proxy, to have different DNS servers and a lot of blocklists.
I also study SystemD: I made a lot of services and timers: in my humble opinion is far better than cronie.
My currente hardware:
CPU: Intel Core i5-3210M @ 4x 3.1GHz
GPU: Intel HD Graphics 4000
RAM 16 GB DDR3
SSD1: Samsung 870 EVO
SSD2: (yes: my laptop have the ability to replace the CD/DVD with another disk) Crucial MX500
Obviously I also tweaked and personalized the look of every element of Xfce, which uses CSS.
Long live Linux and Manjaro!
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code is a Free & Open Source Software alternative to Microsoftās Visual Studio Code, and itās available from the Manjaro repositories. Alternatively, there is also vscodium ā or vscodium-bin if you want the precompiled version ā from the AUR.
I am sorry, but doing so would benefit no one other than you, and that goes against the spirit of the Manjaro community. Therefore we donāt engage in one-on-one assistance here.
If you have any questions regarding how to install those packages, or you are experiencing problems with their use, then please post a thread with your question(s) under the pertinent forum categoryā¦ 
- Software & Applications for anything from the Manjaro repositories;
- AUR for anything from the AUR;
- Snap/Flatpak for Snaps and FlatPaks; andā¦
- Third-party Applications for anything installed from elsewhere.
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Thanks Aragorn,
I went for VSC 
Next time I will post my question under category where it applies.
Greetz
Eduard
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Hello, Iām Vijay
I have recently switched to manjaro linux
Beginner in programming language
Started learning cyber security
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Hello everyone,
I am mgurei, I am a biomedical engineer with a great interest in computer science and programming.
I have been using Linux for 10 years and some, but I have to say me understanding is far more shallow than what I wish it to be, so I come here to ask the question to which is harder to find answers to.
I did a lot of distro hopping. settling on Arch and later Manjaro in the last couple years. Currently running Sway. On my machine I program and play games.
Cheers!
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Hello there, I have been a member for a while but havenāt posted anything yet. I use manjaro on two laptops and as a VM on a work Windows PC. It is still Arch but with very sane defaults.
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A post was split to a new topic: Looking in learning how to build my app
hello, community Iām brand new to Manjaro I only have a limited experience with Linux. Iām looking forward to learning as much as I can about manjaro and Linux in general.
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Welcome Chico. We were all new to Linux once.
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