Manjaro Linux Tops the List of ARCH Linux

 Manjaro Linux Tops the List of ARCH Linux

Basically, ARCH Linux is very difficult to comprehend.

Its frugal ways and one unit application for a specific job makes it difficult a difficult preposition to recommend it to a newbie.

I have tested but never used ARCH Linux as a daily driver.

I have for scientific and academic reasons now have tried all the variations of ARCH and come to the conclusion that Manjaro foots the bill for user friendly but considerably minimal distribution.

The /root partition does not take much but about 7.5GB. One nedd not go for a 20GB space BUT if one is installing additional software one need a big /var partition to install them. The /var partition get chockablock in no time. So, have a big /var patition.

Good points are in relation to Gnome desktop are 

1. Installation is pretty fast.

2. WiFi Configuration is smooth.

3. It has Gparted for partitioning the hard disk.

4. It has basic Browser Firefox..

5. One can install Synaptic Package Manager

6. It has its own Software Package.

Before I could finish this piece it has installed itself.

7. It updated breezily.

8. It has three version Gnome , Xfce and KDE.

9. There community distribution which I do not recommend.

10. Wallpapers and desktop appearance is soothing to the eye.

11. More importantly I can opt out of LibreOffice.

Linux Desktops Upside Down

Linux Desktops Upside Down

Linux Desktop was not one of my interests. 

I was hooked to Gnome Desktop and never bothered to find if there any other desktop types and to my amazement I found many. 

WM in IceWM means Window Maker and not a Desktop, it took by a storm. 

It is light weight but feature rich. 

Then there are Desktops like Budgie, Unity, Mate and Cinnamon, i3, Fvwm Crystal, Blackbox, Fluxbox and many more. 

What it means is Window Makers blossomed into Desktops. 

In the good old days there was one proprietary type called CDC or Common Desktop Candidate or Configuration.

Both CDC and Common Desktop Configuration refer to distinct concepts. CDC stands for Change Data Capture, a technology for real-time or near real-time data movement. Common Desktop Configuration (sometimes also referred to as CDC) is a specification and build system for a Java-based runtime environment for connected devices.

Both CDC and Common Desktop Configuration refer to distinct concepts. CDC stands for Change Data Capture, a technology for real-time or near real-time data movement. Common Desktop Configuration (sometimes also referred to as CDC) is a specification and build system for a Java-based runtime environment for connected devices.

Change Data Capture (CDC)

CDC is a data integration method that enables near real-time data movement from a source database to a target system. It tracks changes made to a database and captures those changes, allowing for efficient data synchronization and replication.

CDC is particularly useful for modern cloud architectures and scenarios where data needs to be moved quickly and efficiently.

Common Desktop Configuration (CDC)

CDC is a specification and build system for creating a Java-based runtime environment for connected devices. It provides a standardized platform for developing and running Java applications on devices with limited resources.

CDC build systems can generate executable binary images, allowing for different implementations of the CDC runtime.

Key Differences

Change Data Capture (CDC)

Purpose

Data integration and replication

Focus is Real-time data movement

Technology is based on Data capture and replication mechanisms

Applications include Databases, data warehouses, data lakes

 

 

 Common Desktop Configuration (CDC)

 Java runtime environment for connected devices

 Developing and running Java applications on devices

 Build system and runtime environment

 Mobile devices, embedded systems, IoT devices.

 

KDE Desktop

The KDE desktop environment's development began in 1996 with Matthias Ettrich's announcement of the "Kool Desktop Environment". The name was later shortened to K Desktop Environment. The initial development focused on providing a consistent and user-friendly graphical interface for Unix systems, particularly addressing the lack of standardization among existing applications.

Now ARCH based distributions have caught up with the KDE trend and EndeavourOS and BlueStarLinux have progressed into the most beautiful and elegant KDE Desktops.

I have done away with Kdenlive but keeping KDE connect, just in case I need to communicate with my desktop with the cellphone which I do not intend to.

These feature rich and bloated desktops is an antithesis to me. Little over 24 hours ago, I destroyed the BlueStar Linux KDE desktop environment and made it back to a Gnome Desktop without doing any damage to all the Gnnome applications it carried except all the KDE Desktop applications. 

I have only selected Gnome applications but few of my favourite applications like Stacer and Revolt are missing.

Yes, I started with bulky BlueStar Desktop and ended up with minimal Gnome Desktop. The desktop is running fast and smoothly unlike KDE.

Yes, it is Upside Down story.

BrueStar Linux Endeavour OS (ARCH based) Got it Right this time, round

Unbelievable

I installed Gnome on top of KDE.

No space in root file.

Removed KDE Plasma

Installed Cosmic of PoP OS which I have never tried.

All my gnome stuff and Abiword are there.

Of course, I removed LibreOffice.

I have never done this before in four hours of toiling,

I had to retry but ultimately got it right.

Yet again, I removed Firefox and Chromium from BlueStar Linux and added Dillo, Epiphany and Falkon to my Gnome Desktop.

All what is said down below applies to BluStar Linux, mainly.

Circumstances made me to install EndevourOS on top of BlueStar Linux. 

Ultimately, I got it installed and Update took the longest time.

The desktop is KDE and beautiful.

It has almost everything KDE dishes out, all what needed was Gnome Desktop, which I got with some fiddling.

I would try getting Gnome, now. 

One of the reason I discourage newbies is one does not have to toil to get a functioning topside in Linux as when you try ARCH. 

It looks like big Guy from ARCO Linux is resigning.

I see lot of ARCO files in Linux tracker.  It you an ARCO fan download the files YOU need NOW.

I would list them in point form.

1. I could not install Deluge due to /var partition running out of space. I tried to resize BlueStar Linux live installer mode and I could not.

2. Booted Gnome and using Gparted the var partition. I think Gparted erased the /var/usr data. I could not boot BlueStar.

3. BlueStar was 5GB and Endeavour OS was 3.0 and assumed I get more throughput but in fact, it choked /var partition but /root partition had 6GB left. That was the reason for resizing which did not work.

4. KDE has limited options. I somehow got Gnome installed but that also added to the throughput.

5. So I decided to use EndeavourOS online and install Gnome, so that get motre work under Gnome including KDE Plasma.. 

All in all, I have done enough ARCH work to add brand a new chapter about ARCH Linux in my book "Linux Essentials" which was big omission on my part.

I am happy now.

Installation is going on and i hope it configures the GRUB File to my satisfaction.

It would do.

Happy Ceylonese New year to all!

Unlike EndeavorOS, BlueStar has four options.

1. Basic

2. Desktop

3. Desktop Pro

4. Developer 

So, I would recommend BlueStar.

Additionally one has work on terminal to get additional packages in EndeavorOS which I am not competent now after many years spoilt by Debian Genome that does everything for me.

Now that I got a method to install on top of KDE, I am more comfortable on ARCH Linux.

One cannot log out from KDE. It is either shutdown or reinstall option available.

However, Endeavour OS let YOU install offline as well as online. 

With online installation on can chose other desktops (only one can be used when running) and offline default again is KDE. KDE cannot live with Gnome applications which are enormous. That is its major stumbling block for me.

Well I got GNOME installed and rest is a cake walk.

It is bit slow and SNAP had never been fast.

Thank to Octopi of Endeavor.

My endeavour to get Abiword is sacred and there is nothing that is not possible in Linux.

By default  Endeavour OS does not carry forward WiFi internet connection which is a good thing, one has to log in with the password evry time one boots. 

This is not the case with Gnome.

I am going to ditch Mint Linux which failed to configure WiFi and bulky LibreOffice, since I have working Abiword installed.

To save space, I removed Firefox and installed, Dillo, falkon and Vivaldi

Endeavor OS (ARCH based) Got it Right this time, round, thankfully.

I am logged in with BlueStar with Falkon running.

At last, Endeavour OS got my GRUB file edited so that it sees all my other distributions.

It has one of the best KDE  (beautiful) Desktops.

Being Arch based it has some limitations and I cannot have Abiword, (I got it installed after bit reseaech) installed but I would try it again using SNAP Software.

My Gnome is fine tuned so spending some time on Endeavour / BlueStar OS, over this Tamil Sinhala New Year day is nothing unusual for me.

I think this time round i got it right and Octipi is correctly configured now.

I would get Abiword through Gnome links.