MANJARO
Rolling updates mean it will stay current, but while a solid choice for Windows escapees it needs tweaking
ABOVE
The default interface should pose no problems for Windows switchers
SCORE ★★★
☆ ☆
WEBSITE
manjaro.org
DUAL CORE
CPU
4GB
MEMORY
30GB
DISK SPACE
M
anjaro is the only Arch-based distro on test. Along with the Arm variant, for phones, there’s the x86 variant – and naturally that’s the one we tested. The distro is available with a choice of desktops: KDE Plasma, Xfce and Gnome as official images, supplemented by community images featuring Cinnamon (as seen in Linux Mint), i3 and Sway WM. We opted for KDE Plasma as it was presented first in the list of official images. Our build, available in Minimal and Full flavours, was released on 16 December last year.