3.4 Manjaro Linux
Before I can explain the benefits of Manjaro, I must briefly discuss its basic distribution. Arch Linux, which has been available for 20 years, sees itself as a modern rolling release distribution for advanced Linux users. The installation is done in text mode, and a lot of manual work is involved in the configuration. Even Linux professionals still learn a lot in the process. Arch Linux uses its own package management system apart from the established RPM and DEB paths (see Chapter 16, Section 16.7).
Even though I personally find Arch Linux very attractive and have been using it on my most important notebook computer for over two years, the distribution is unsuitable for Linux beginners and is therefore out of place in ...
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