Ubuntu 20.04 LTS’ snap obsession has snapped me off of it

Re:Ubuntu 20.04 LTS’ snap obsession has snapped me off of it by sergeykish on Sunday September 06, 2020 @01:13AM (#24389146)

As Arch Linux user I am completely confused. Looks like there is no official comparison page like [1]. Web search first entries [2], [3] gives another picture — more stable, graphical installer, graphical package manager, hardware detection, prepackaged desktop environments — that I can relate to.

Nothing about "based on the AUR". Because it is liability. It is insecure, have to check PKGBUILD each install and update.

[1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_compared_to_other_...

[2] https://linuxconfig.org/manjaro-linux-vs-arch-linux

[3] https://itsfoss.com/manjaro-vs-arch-linux/

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Re:Ubuntu 20.04 LTS’ snap obsession has snapped me off of it by wyclif on Sunday September 06, 2020 @11:37PM (#24396423)

I should have been more clear. In terms of package management Manjaro has access to the AUR, but it's unsupported. Manjaro does not have access to official Arch repositories. Sorry, I should have said "based on Arch" not "based on the AUR." https://wiki.manjaro.org/index.php/Arch_User_Repository

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Re:Ubuntu 20.04 LTS’ snap obsession has snapped me off of it by sergeykish on Monday September 07, 2020 @02:56AM (#24397185)

Ok, I would not recommend Arch as a first Linux distro, Arch based and easy to start is a plus. That said I've seen troubled Manjaro user on xmonad IRC, we tracked problem to AUR package, it worked fine on Arch.

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Re:Ubuntu 20.04 LTS’ snap obsession has snapped me off of it by wyclif on Monday September 07, 2020 @08:21PM (#24404066)

Yeah, Arch Linux is definitely not for beginners. The install process alone is hands-on and requires users to be experienced with command line configuration. Arch is for power users who want a ports-based Linux with great package management (pacman).

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