“Oh no, we’re getting paid to do this thing instead of some other thing.”

Part of having a job is working on things that need to be worked on, not because they’re fun.

Freshman year of college, about 11 years ago.

Been using Manjaro exclusively for about 3 years.

I highly recommend avoiding this rhetoric because you will end up paying more for inferior hardware.

You are not actually “doing yourself a favor.”

I highly recommend checking out https://old.reddit.com/r/LaptopDeals/ daily until you find something that meets your needs and budget.

Unfortunately, the “linux-first” vendors do not offer better deals than their competition.

Strawberry.

Our desktops are almost identical, lol.

I’d recommend Mint or Manjaro for family computers.

Probably Mint, just because Pamac still has issues.

Fedora is a bad choice because you’re stuck in the dnf ecosystem with no real benefit.

I’m a firm believer that the only value in Fedora is for Red Hat. Their shills are the ones who promote it over more practical options.

No, you see, additional layers of abstraction are always a good thing. Haven’t you been paying attention to the latest software memes? /s

I’m a firm believer that the vast majority of things we needed for software were implemented by the 2000s.

Usually, people who don’t understand what they’re doing will overcomplicate things to cover-up their misunderstandings. I think choosing a technology before you have a use-case is one of these examples.

They’ve been working on the same software for 20+ years?

Woah.

Eh, I always discredit people when they say X is bad.

It’s been around for over 20 years. That kind of longevity should be praised.

Oh yeah, I forgot about that. It all makes sense now.

Just another one of gnome’s ridiculous design decisions, lol.

Part of me thinks they’re being paid by Apple and Microsoft just to keep the Linux desktop removed.

The Whisker menu in XFCE and Cinnamon start menus are GODSENDS to new users.

I needed them so badly when I was first getting started in Linux because I didn’t even know what programs I had installed.

You can’t minimize windows in eOS?

WTF?

Fedora. Just feels like I’d be moving to the dnf ecosystem for no reason.

Because whatever I’m trying to do doesn’t have a GUI option yet.

Imagine all the work we wouldn’t have to re-do if we had just done it right the first time.

Stallman was right, as usual.

Great explanation. So sad whenever I see people spout ‘data privacy’ as a reason to defederate from threads.

Same. Fedora is one of the worst distros I tried.

Love Manjaro though.

It’s important people feel confident to make decisions for themselves and not just do what losers on the internet tell them to.

Looks like Syncterm is available in the AUR.

Open up Pamac, your graphical package manager, and click on the 3 lines in the top-right corner.

At the bottom of the window, click Third-Party, then enable AUR support.

Search for Syncterm and it should show up now.

Getting packages not in official repositories is significantly easier in Arch-based distros like Manjaro than Debian-based distros or RPM-based distros. It’s a major reason why I never use either for personal computing.

Disclaimer: I’ve been a Manjaro user for 3+ and seeing people recommend Fedora over Manjaro just further cements in my mind that the vast majority of people in this community are not worth listening to.

Do you notice how many people in this thread are recommending you different distros instead of simple instructions on how to get Syncterm to work with Manjaro?