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Arch Linux vs Manjaro: What are the differences?
What is Arch Linux? A lightweight and flexible Linux distribution that tries to Keep It Simple. A lightweight and flexible Linux distribution that tries to Keep It Simple.
What is Manjaro? An open-source Linux distribution. It is an accessible, friendly, open-source Linux distribution and community. Based on Arch Linux, it provides all the benefits of cutting-edge software combined with a focus on getting started quickly, automated tools to require less manual intervention, and help readily available when needed.
Arch Linux and Manjaro can be categorized as "Operating Systems" tools.
I liked manjaro a lot, the huge support it has and the variety of tools it provides is just awesome. But due to its parent platform being Arch Linux it has bleeding-edge technology and that meaning, we get updated 'daily', and if we keep updating the system daily, due to the bugs in the recent updates the system sometimes used to crash, this made the OS really unstable. However, one can avoid such crashes using periodical and careful system/package updates. I now use LinuxMint which is based on Ubuntu, and this OS is completely stable with reliable(mostly tested) updates. And, since this OS is backed up by UBUNTU the concerns/questions one can encounter while using the OS can be easily rectified using the UBUNTU community, which is pretty good. Though this is backed up on UBUNTU it most certainly does NOT include the proprietary stuff of UBUNTU, which is on the bright side of the OS. That's it! Happy Computing.
At the moment of the decision, my desktop was the primary place I did work. Due to this, I can't have it blow up on me while I work. While Arch is interesting and powerful, Ubuntu offers (at least for me) a lot more stability and lets me focus on other things than maintaining my own OS installation.
Pros of Arch Linux
- Large Community17
- Package Manager15
- Customizable13
- Rolling Release12
- Arch User Repository11
- Bleeding Edge11
- Extensive Documentation10
- Arch Build System8
- X86_64 architecture supported7
- Can fix bugs yourself if you know how to4
Pros of Manjaro
- Good for beginners9
- AUR is huge8
- Very stable6
- Friendly community5
- Pacman is very fast3
- Highly customizable2
- Nice-looking bootloader2
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Cons of Arch Linux
- Systemd only4
- Only X86_64 architecture is offically supported3
- No Guided Installation1
- System maintenance1
- Unstable1
- Comparatively fewer offically supported packages1
Cons of Manjaro
- Would you give your grandma linux?6
- Occasional freezes if wrongly configured3
- Not highly stable2
- High data requirement frequently1