Hi All,

Over the previous 20 years I’ve used at home mostly Mandriva, then kUbuntu and just installed a Manjaro. So I am not “new to Linux” but still new to Manjaro/arch. Has anyone a good “primer” for people migrating ?

A few questions I have

  • How does pacman work compared to apt-get ? and how to find in which package an command lies. I struggled a bit to get lsinput (to configure a rudder pedal for flight sim)

  • I am struggling a bit with Zsh, like I ended up starting bash to configure an environment variable, any ressources on-it. Or shall I simply change my setting (and how) to use bash that I know a bit. It’s a home/Gaming PC so I don’t plan to use the console that much but as anyone who has been using linux based OS for a while, I find-it more conveinient

  • lemmyvore@feddit.nlEnglish
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    9 months ago

    Please don’t recommend beginners to switch to the unstable branch.

    It will break (because it’s not stable), they will have no idea how to fix it, so they switch distro and tell people how Manjaro sucks.

    • Crozekiel@lemmy.zip
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      9 months ago

      The guy said he’s been using linux for 20 years… He also didn’t “recommend” it, he said it’s an option if you want the arch rolling-release experience.

      Manjaro kinda does suck, compared to the other arch based options out there :/

      • lemmyvore@feddit.nlEnglish
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        9 months ago

        And I’ve been using it since the 90s, now what?

        Look, if you don’t like Manjaro at least use regular Arch. Manjaro ships with the stable branch for a reason, it’s designed around it and it’s a branch that doesn’t exist on Arch. If you switch to unstable it won’t work well or at all. Why subject a beginner to something you know won’t work?