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Arch Linux For Newbies? Manjaro Is Here!

Posted by timothy on from the kill-a-whatnow? dept.

Penurious Penguin writes "Well within the top ten Linux distros, Arch Linux has a strong following for sure. But with an installation process requiring a little more involvement than the average distro, not every prospective user is ready to embrace the Arch Way, and understandably so. This is where Manjaro steps in. With a 100% compatibility with Arch, uncompromising adherence to principia KISS and a pre-configured Xfce, — or alternatively available GNOME & KDE — those who've been hesitating to explore Arch now have a few less excuses. And a little side-note for those still bitter about the lack of package-signing: You'll be glad to know that Arch fully implemented package-signing in June of 2012."

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  1. well in the top ten! by lemur3 · · Score: -1, Troll

    theres more then 10 linux distros ?

    sheesh.. at this rate the year of the linux desktop will NEVER come!

  2. Arch Server by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Arch linux is nice. Don't get me wrong.
    But as long they keep the rolling release model, it's nothing more than a toy.
    When/if Arch Server ( http://www.archserver.org/ ) ever take off, then we could talk.