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At one point it seemed like Manjaro Linux would be the most popular Arch-based distribution, but after many missteps it appears to be at breaking point.

By now most people in the Linux sphere will have seen the issues - like how they have repeatedly let their SSL certificate expire bringing their entire website down. Something that is easily solved, but shows how the structure behind Manjaro is not particularly stable.

On the Manjaro Linux official forum, their team have put up a "Manjaro 2.0 Manifesto" with backing from multiple developers and people on their community team. They say that the leadership behind Manjaro does not line up with the actual developers and community involved in it, noting that Manjaro has become "one individual's personal project, and everything is centralized around this single individual" (the founder, Philip Müller) and how the attempts to turn it into a business have mostly failed and so they want to see big changes.

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[–] kata1yst@sh.itjust.works 25 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

Manjaro is such an antipattern of a distro.

Arch Linux has a good installer now.

If you need good installer and sane defaults, EndeavorOs exists.

And the biggest advantages of arch Linux- the configurability, rolling updates, and AUR, all effectively get broken by Manjaro.

Honestly why is anyone using it or taking it seriously anymore?