Overview

Windows 10

Stacks403

Followers379

Votes14

Manjaro

Stacks154

Followers189

Votes35

Manjaro vs Windows 10: What are the differences?

Introduction

This Markdown code provides a comparison between Manjaro and Windows 10, highlighting their key differences.

Hardware Compatibility: Manjaro is known for its excellent hardware compatibility, supporting a wide range of devices and components out of the box. On the other hand, Windows 10 offers broader hardware compatibility due to its market dominance and extensive driver support.
User Interface: Manjaro takes a more minimalistic and customizable approach, offering different desktop environments like XFCE, KDE, and GNOME. Windows 10, on the other hand, provides a consistent and polished user interface across all editions, with the Start menu as a central component.
Software Availability: Windows 10 has a vast software library with an abundance of commercial and proprietary applications, including Microsoft Office suite. Although Manjaro offers a decent selection of open-source software, it may require additional steps for installing proprietary applications.
Package Management: Manjaro utilizes the Pacman package manager, which is renowned for its simplicity and speed. It offers an extensive repository of software packages that can be easily managed through the command line or graphical software managers. Windows 10, on the other hand, mainly relies on individual installations or third-party package managers for software management.
Updates and Security: Manjaro follows a rolling release model, providing continuous updates and keeping the system up-to-date with bug fixes and security patches. Windows 10 has a scheduled update system with regular cumulative updates, ensuring security improvements and bug fixes. However, Windows 10 updates can be more intrusive and time-consuming.
Cost: Manjaro is completely free and open-source, providing a cost-effective option for users. Windows 10, on the other hand, is a commercial operating system with various editions and licensing costs associated.

In summary, Manjaro offers excellent hardware compatibility, a customizable user interface, and efficient package management, while Windows 10 provides broader software availability, a polished user interface, and a scheduled update system.

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Advice on Windows 10, Manjaro

Gopi

Jun 21, 2020

Decided

I liked manjaro a lot, the huge support it has and the variety of tools it provides is just awesome. But due to its parent platform being Arch Linux it has bleeding-edge technology and that meaning, we get updated 'daily', and if we keep updating the system daily, due to the bugs in the recent updates the system sometimes used to crash, this made the OS really unstable. However, one can avoid such crashes using periodical and careful system/package updates. I now use LinuxMint which is based on Ubuntu, and this OS is completely stable with reliable(mostly tested) updates. And, since this OS is backed up by UBUNTU the concerns/questions one can encounter while using the OS can be easily rectified using the UBUNTU community, which is pretty good. Though this is backed up on UBUNTU it most certainly does NOT include the proprietary stuff of UBUNTU, which is on the bright side of the OS. That's it! Happy Computing.

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Govind

Aug 5, 2020

Decided

Ubuntu is much more faster over Windows and helps to get software and other utilities easier and within a short span of time compared to Windows.

Ubuntu helps to get robustness and resiliency over Windows. Ubuntu runs faster than Windows on every computer that I have ever tested. LibreOffice (Ubuntu's default office suite) runs much faster than Microsoft Office on every computer that I have ever tested.

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Detailed Comparison

Windows 10	Manjaro
It is the latest iteration of the Microsoft operating systems and has been optimized for home PC performance in a wide variety of applications from serious work to after-hours gaming.	It is an accessible, friendly, open-source Linux distribution and community. Based on Arch Linux, it provides all the benefits of cutting-edge software combined with a focus on getting started quickly, automated tools to require less manual intervention, and help readily available when needed.
Security; Fast; Efficient	-
Statistics
Stacks 403	Stacks 154
Followers 379	Followers 189
Votes 14	Votes 35
Pros & Cons
Pros 4 Slow 3 On 4gb other applications less likely to run smoothly 2 Best for Indonesian PC Users 2 The best developer tools for all devices 1 Editors choice. But not suitable on 4gb ram. Alth Cons 4 Slow, slow and slow 3 Lags really much on low end devices 3 Worst OS to run on 2GB of RAM 2 Can't fix bugs yourself 1 Acts posh	Pros 9 Good for beginners 8 AUR is huge 6 Very stable 5 Friendly community 3 Pacman is very fast Cons 6 Would you give your grandma linux? 3 Occasional freezes if wrongly configured 2 Not highly stable 1 High data requirement frequently
Integrations
Dropbox Adobe Photoshop Slack NetBeans IDE Android Studio FileZilla IntelliJ IDEA Eclipse Adobe XD Adobe Illustrator	No integrations available

What are some alternatives to Windows 10, Manjaro?

Ubuntu

Ubuntu is an ancient African word meaning ‘humanity to others’. It also means ‘I am what I am because of who we all are’. The Ubuntu operating system brings the spirit of Ubuntu to the world of computers.

Debian

Debian systems currently use the Linux kernel or the FreeBSD kernel. Linux is a piece of software started by Linus Torvalds and supported by thousands of programmers worldwide. FreeBSD is an operating system including a kernel and other software.

Arch Linux

A lightweight and flexible Linux distribution that tries to Keep It Simple.

Fedora

Fedora is a Linux-based operating system that provides users with access to the latest free and open source software, in a stable, secure and easy to manage form. Fedora is the largest of many free software creations of the Fedora Project. Because of its predominance, the word "Fedora" is often used interchangeably to mean both the Fedora Project and the Fedora operating system.

Linux Mint

The purpose of Linux Mint is to produce a modern, elegant and comfortable operating system which is both powerful and easy to use.

CentOS

The CentOS Project is a community-driven free software effort focused on delivering a robust open source ecosystem. For users, we offer a consistent manageable platform that suits a wide variety of deployments. For open source communities, we offer a solid, predictable base to build upon, along with extensive resources to build, test, release, and maintain their code.

Linux

A clone of the operating system Unix, written from scratch by Linus Torvalds with assistance from a loosely-knit team of hackers across the Net. It aims towards POSIX and Single UNIX Specification compliance.

CoreOS

It is designed for security, consistency, and reliability. Instead of installing packages via yum or apt, it uses Linux containers to manage your services at a higher level of abstraction. A single service's code and all dependencies are packaged within a container that can be run on one or many machines.

Gentoo Linux

It is a free operating system based on either Linux or FreeBSD that can be automatically optimized and customized for just about any application or need.