This will only contains the pitfalls met at installation and during utilization. So far it's great.
- Use the wiki page instead of the official org website which is not really uptodate.
- Website points to an outdated repo that host the manjaro image. If you carefully read there is a forward message on the repo pointing toward the new one
- SHA checksum are not up-to-date on the org website. They can be found in the new repo listed above
Do not bother with the CLI command using dd
software to create a bootable USB (failed due to blocksize) but used etcher
GUI instead
Ambiguous message on the welcome screen :
- Non-Free driver Or something similar: This has to be enabled if your monitor is plugged into a graphic card that needs proprietary drivers (NVIDIA for example). Otherwise your display won't work at all.
- always upgrade with
sudo pacman -Syu
. I ran into a conflicting version of a C library once, as probably I misstyped the command. - Can run into conflicts after a very long time without upgrading
- Package upgrades are bigger and occure more often. Take your time.
- General purpose packages (openssll, openssh, git) are available in a more recent version. There can be key differences, mind the changelog.