To all new members: Manjaro is not entirely a set and forget or “just always click ok” distro. Take some time to read the site wiki, the forum tutorials and the update announcements. Make backups and snapshots, have a live usb at hand, stay on stable with LTS kernel and do not use AUR at the beginning.
That way everyone will have a lot less stress and a lot more pleasant experience.
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G’day from Australia.
Welcome from the Forum.
Hi there. I’ve been using Linux now and then for more than 30 years, but I only discovered manjaro a month ago, looking for a gaming platform. I’m very impressed by the performance and I’m planning to stay.
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I use the unstable branch, but I only use the kernel 6.18, I’m not a fan of being in the latest kernel. I prefer to use the LTS kernel. Thanks for the advice, I’m not new, I used in the past Zorin OS, Linux Mint, Peppermint OS, Sparky Linux, yeah, Debian/Ubuntu derivates.
When a switched to Manjaro was some confusing at the begging but easier than use Arch Linux directly, but reading information in the wiki and watch videos on YouTube I have learned a lot. I use AUR only for Stacer
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Hey everyone!
I lost my Windows hard drive to a crash a few weeks ago and remembered that I still have a Manjaro USB Key around somewhere as I tried it some years ago.
So I went and installed it again and so I guess I’m back! Updating went without any issues and even that old obscure windows software I need now runs fine with Wine 
Currently on stable and XFCE but might try some other options once I find the time to tinker a bit again. See you around.
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echo -e “Hello World\n”
I’ve been on Unix since the 90s, used the early Linux distros on floppy, then CD-ROM, SUSE, Redhat, Mandrake, Gentoo, Mint, played around with BeOS, x86 Solaris, currently using FreeBSD (OPNsene), SteamOS on a Legion Go S and Manjaro on two notebooks and my HTPC (my oldest Manjaro install is 9 years old). Still got the good old gaming rig on Win10 ESU, but it will be migrated too, soonish … Microslop can go and die in ditch.
I’m mostly lurking around here, but many thanks to the Manjaro team and the community for all their efforts.
よろしくね。
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Hello Manjarians! You might say I’m a Manjarian candidate in the sense that I am brand new to linux and still figuring it out. I am using an older MacBook Pro to install and learn linux. I have spent a few minutes on a few different distributions, and for now I’m going to stick with Manjuro until I figure things out more. I have successfully installed it. That’s good. I have not yet figured out how to connect to WiFi. That’s not good. But hopefully if I stick around here I will figure that out and more.
Nice to be here!
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Thought I was the only one XD
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Hi everyone, I’m Ivan, and I’m using Manjaro KDE stable branch about one year without any problem. It is excellent distro, very fast, and well-maintained. Thanks to Manjaro team and all members in forum for it.
Greetings to all.
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Hello from South Africa.
Long time on/off Linux user. Started with the old Red Hat 6 and 7, moved to Ubuntu (Warty Wartog, after that LTS releases till 12.04) and when 12.04 support ended I stopped using Ubuntu as it became too bloated (personal opinion).
I also maintained a Slackware server.
Still running an old laptop with antiX (Core2 Duo, 1 GB RAM) which was my main machine after my more modern desktop died; not the ultimate experience in speed but it works 
Got a new (Win11) laptop last year, tried a few distros (Ubuntu again, Linux Mint, Fedora 42) and I’m now trying Manjaro (xfce); I must say that I’m pleasantly surprised. It’s installed on an old external HD so not the fastest but faster than Fedora on that same HD.
Reason for choosing Manjaro was that I wanted a rolling release in the hope that some bugs related to my WiFi driver (rtw88_8821ce) will trickle through “quicker”.
Greetings
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Welcome! We’re becoming more. Slowly but surely…
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Hi everyone!
I’ve been a Manjaro user for a while, alongside CachyOS and Fedora. I recently decided to take the leap and start contributing to the project.
I’m a Power User with a passion for Shell Scripting (Bash/PowerShell) and Automation. I’ve recently developed a full automation suite for Windows setup (Registry tweaks, Office 2024 silent installs, etc.) and I’m now focusing on Python and Rust development via Termux on my mobile workstation (POCO F5 / Xiaomi 13T).
I’d love to help with:
Testing new packages in the Unstable/Testing branches.
Improving documentation or Wiki translations (Italian).
Helping with automation scripts for system maintenance.
Glad to be here and ready to get my hands dirty!
Cheers,
Cisco
@Ste74 @Yochanan
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Just switch to testing or unstable. You can report any issues you have on the forum or gitlab.manjaro.org.
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Welcome to the club - though it looks like your hands are already dirty with all the Windows work, I hope you’ll sanitize them thoroughly before visiting our hallowed arena 
At least you got it labelled nicely in the Github.
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Welcome among us! As @ben75 has already suggested, if you aren’t already, you can set up the unstable or testing branch and report bugs here on the forum. Or, if you want to contribute to the project, take a look at our gitlab.manjaro.org instance and contribute by proposing solutions or improvements to our code. 
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I want use a gitlab code of manjaro, entering please in gitlab manjaro
But why exactly would you want access to our GitLab instance? The code is still visible, and you can clone the repository locally to see it in its entirety. For example, this one: Applications · GitLab
Again, explore our code on GitLab, or if you already know what you’d like to improve or suggest, you can start a new thread on the forum and we’ll go from there.
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Hi all, as with most things, I ended up here out of spite. A Windows 11 update inexplicably broke some important functionality (namely, USB-C ports). Given the age of my computer, I was ready to accept that it might’ve just an unfortunate hardware failure. A friend of mine suggested I try a live USB stick of Manjaro (his preferred distro).
The last time I used Linux was over 20 years ago, in the days of Red Hat (not Fedora!) and Mandrake, but I was willing to give it a shot. Nothing to lose, after all. When the USB drive performed better than running Win 11 off the SSD, with all hardware fully functional, I decided it was time make the switch.
I’m fully on the stable branch, and still learning about how to use KDE properly (had a fun time trying to get the Online Accounts section to work properly with my Google services, ended up creating my own API keys!) and I’m still learning all the terminal commands. For someone who started out on DOS, it was a pleasant bit of nostalgia, being back in the terminal.
Absolutely no regrets on making the jump, and I’m really glad Steam and Proton is a thing, along with Lutris. There’s really nothing on Win 11 that I haven’t found an equal or better experience on Manjaro.
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Good afternoon. I’m also one of the “Out-Of-Spite” joiner of Manjaro. Recently my Windows 11 has been crashing my graphic card out of blue (I believe it’s a faulty install – The install wasn’t exactly a smooth sail). Then, my other PC, which runs racing / driving sim rig, started to drop ads about Windows 365 and whatnots. Unfortunately that one can’t go to Linux just yet due to having to combine triple monitors into a single, big display.
I’m also fairly new (Made the switch on Feb), so I’m glad I found this place and I look forward to ask questions and try my best to answer other people’s questions.
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Welcome to the forum.
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