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Does anyone has a Ubuntu --> Manjaro transition guide (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 8 months ago (2 children)

So... why don't you transition to Debian and use it for the next 20 years? :)

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Support for Debian lts is crazy... 20 years...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

New hardware, so wanted something moving a bit faster than debian, and I thought it was the opportunity to switch from Ubuntu is an old African word meaning I can't configure Debian to Manjaro is an old African word meaning I can't configure arch :)

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago (1 children)

You can always do what a lot of people are doing, use Debian as your base OS and install all software via Flatpak, solid OS with the latest software. Doesn't get any faster :P

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

At that point why not go immutable distros? Like atomic Fedoras, or Bazzite for if you're a gamer.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

+1 for Fedora Atomic. uBlue is pretty much vanilla Silverblue/ any other spin, but with some QoL stuff included.

You can't get a more reliable base on a relatively stable (in terms of update frequency), yet modern platform.