Quoting: anthonyamaThere appears to be a major bug with Manjaro 18.1.0 and cups. There are issuing installing printer, with cups refusing to add a printer. From what I've seen, HP and Epson are affected.
I can't add my hp officejet pro 7740 either via the printer utility or hp-setup. Previous versions and kubuntu 19.04 have no problems. This may be just an issue adding across the network though

Interesting. I used the "add printer" wizard, it found my Brother-HL-3170CDW, it searched for drivers, found one, and added the printer without finding a Brother driver from their site, which was greatly improved, but not necessary.

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I moved from 11 years of Ubuntu to Manjaro:wub:, so I could have programs which Canonical has, over the years, decided to remove, because science.

All the software that Canonical:><: has removed from their repos is still available in the AUR. It's also faster than any Ubuntu flavor, running ~20% of the daemons that Ubuntu does, at boot, idle.

And you only need to install it once. After 11 years of installing new versions of Ubuntu, I've finally moved to a rolling release.

You don't get "RTFM" answers for your questions, unlike the rather arrogant Arch forums; it's pretty much like the Ubuntu Forums. Manjaro does test new programs from Arch, so no Win10-like breaking of a system after an update. Besides, it's easy to downgrade a problematic file.

It's as easy to install as Ubuntu, and it is as suitable for rank n00bz as for old hands.

HIGHLY recommended.

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After 11 years of Ubuntu, and a couple of derivatives, I wanted to compile my go-to music player, Aqualung. I had done it several times in the past 3 years:><::><:, and couldn't even compile GTK2, which is a dependency for Aqualung.

I knew that Aqualung is in the AUR. I tried Manjaro. It completely compiled Aqualung in under five minutes, with two clicks and my password.

I'm hooked. There are packages in the AUR long ago abandoned by Canonical, and programs I love, like exfalso and pypar2.

It is faster than Ubuntu, running roughly 1/5 of the daemons that Ubuntu does at idle. I have gotten some improvement in game speed, not to mention the system overall.
Steam, of course, is preinstalled.

Give it a shot; so far, the best distro I've ever used.:wub:

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After 11 years of Ubuntu, I got royally p*ssed at Canonical for removing great apps from the repos over the years.

I need to run Aqualung for a radio show. In the last few years, I've been able to compile it. The last time, I couldn't even compile GTK2, a requirement for Aqualung.

Finding it is in the AUR, I installed Manjaro MATE. I found it to be close to Ubuntu in terms of user-friendliness.

I enabled the AUR, and found Aqualung-git, and I clicked "Build," then "Apply." Then I watched with delight as it downloaded the source, installed all the dependencies, and compiled it in no time, with two clicks.

I've been able to get several apps that went bye-bye from $<$#÷$ Canonical. I'll still support Ubuntu MATE, because Martin Wimpress leads MATE development, and I adore MATE.

I'm staying with Arch Made Easy. I'd even recommend it for a n00b, which is a high compliment, and I would never say that about Arch, and neither would you!

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My favorite 3 indie games of 2018 were, in order:

1. Tower of Time
2. Slay the Spire
3. Book of Demons

I adore StS. I have put in a lot of hours getting frustrated in a good way. (Haven't gone past the City, though:'() I don't even look at other card games. Ok, Book of Demons does have upgradable cards standing for powers, healing, etc, but you have to choose which ones to use. StS is random, and

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A fantastic RTS game which fell through the cracks in its day, when everyone was playing Warcraft III.

It has done nothing but improve over the FOSS years.

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I wonder if the joysticks are as floppy as they used to be.:D

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Looks pretty cool, but too pricey for me currently.:'(

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Slay the Spire was my 2nd favorite 2018 indie game, and the very best card game I have ever played:D.

#1 is Tower of Time, a AAA game from a small developer, and an original and unique combat system. HIGHLY recommended.

#3 is Book of Demons, a tribute to Diablo 1, with its own mechanic which does involve cards. It runs like a champ with SteamPlay.

All three are Fantastic, and I've had a wonderful time.

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I had my, hell, large library all sorted and categorized. About a year ago, every category vanished:'(. Since I had categorized them as soon as they were installed, it is still not yet finished.:><:

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