Context, I use Linux, usually. I have been a user of Debian, Ubuntu, and Fedora for a few years.
Recently, I acquired a decent graphics card (GeForce RTX 4070) and, for others reasons, decided to uninstall my Windows and install Linux.
I saw that Pop!_OS already has an image with everything pre-configured from Nvidia. Is this pre-configuration worth it, are the games more stable on this distribution, or is it the same as installing Nvidia’s proprietary drivers on Manjaro?
I asked this same question on other communities, but only now I found a specific community for gaming on Linux. Thanks.
I gave it an actual try and it’s fine for intermediate users, but leaves much to desire out of the box for a regular person. No printer support out of the box… It’s disabled by default, gotta install cups and enable it manually through systemctl if you skip that in the installer. And of course, most people would. Bluetooth is also turned off by default (Systemctl again) Samba 's turned off by default (Systemctl and package installation again, as well as some extra steps in the terminal) and it of course didn’t come with a base Samba config file, which is required.
Manjaro’s got a reputation and people love to hate it… But it doesn’t have those issues and aside from the cases where you would absolutely need it on the most user-friendly distros, you don’t need to ever touch the terminal on it. Pamac works really well, shows up as “Install and update programs” in the launch menus, supports native packages, AUR, Flatpak and Snap… and looks good to people who don’t get angry at the sight of a CSD window. I use the AUR fairly frequently and have encountered essentially zero cases where a package wouldn’t build on my system because of some Manjaro-specific issue in the past five years.
Edit: And for the record, I would recommend PopOS for anyone looking to use a stable Linux computer with up to date drivers and no nonsense. Arch based distros are good for tinkerers and I’d only recommend them to people who like fixing things and want full control.
Any time I see someone mention Manjaro here, I see someone mention EndeavourOS; so maybe check that one out too?
I gave it an actual try and it’s fine for intermediate users, but leaves much to desire out of the box for a regular person. No printer support out of the box… It’s disabled by default, gotta install cups and enable it manually through systemctl if you skip that in the installer. And of course, most people would. Bluetooth is also turned off by default (Systemctl again) Samba 's turned off by default (Systemctl and package installation again, as well as some extra steps in the terminal) and it of course didn’t come with a base Samba config file, which is required.
Manjaro’s got a reputation and people love to hate it… But it doesn’t have those issues and aside from the cases where you would absolutely need it on the most user-friendly distros, you don’t need to ever touch the terminal on it. Pamac works really well, shows up as “Install and update programs” in the launch menus, supports native packages, AUR, Flatpak and Snap… and looks good to people who don’t get angry at the sight of a CSD window. I use the AUR fairly frequently and have encountered essentially zero cases where a package wouldn’t build on my system because of some Manjaro-specific issue in the past five years.
Edit: And for the record, I would recommend PopOS for anyone looking to use a stable Linux computer with up to date drivers and no nonsense. Arch based distros are good for tinkerers and I’d only recommend them to people who like fixing things and want full control.
@kitnaht It’s pretty good