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

  • TCB13@lemmy.worldEnglish
    17·
    9 months ago

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

    • ZigguratOPEnglish
      82·
      9 months ago

      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 :)

      • TCB13@lemmy.worldEnglish
        10·
        9 months ago

        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

        • Codilingus
          61·
          9 months ago

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

          • Guenther_Amanita@feddit.de
            4·
            9 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.