OpenSUSE vs Manjaro Linux

The packaging team is dependable resulting in system updates that come in a timely fashion and systems which rarely, if ever, break due to packaging. The versions of software that are selected and the configuration of them is typically extremely high quality.

openSUSE makes use of a GUI tool called YaST to install and setup an openSUSE system.

YaST is very easy to use and makes the process of installing and maintaining an openSUSE installation a breeze.

SUSE Build Service offers packages from the same sources as Fedora, Debian, Ubuntu, SUSE Linux Enterprise and other distributions. This is the most underused package tool in Linux today.

Both Gnome and KDE desktop options are well polished to fit with the opensuse theme and environement, so either desktop is a great choice.

Stable, reliable, rock solid.

OpenSUSE is very easy in terms of installing packages, administration and customization, yet very powerful in the same. Every user should find his own piece of cake in this OS.

Popular format shared with distros like Fedora, RHEL, Scientific Linux, Mageia etc.

Does the job needed and has the hardware drivers for the application built-in by the H/W supplier.

Directions on other desktop Linux's often force you to use GUI packages or have steps that introduce security issues.
OpenSUSE has a professional community and directions are usually geared toward GUI and CLI with similar steps.

It comes standard with a large number of pre-added applications that sort out your day-to-day use.

Regular and easy upgrades to stable and well tested software.

Much better system then other distros for installing any package. It is as simple as clicking on one button and typing in your password. Adds a repo to your system keeping everything updated at the same time.

Best administration and setup tool.

Applications feel fast.

Fast, reliable, powerful and almost impossible to leave a broken system.
The Yast interface will also give you access to a Zypper GUI if you are uncomfortable with the command line.

OpenSUSE has a VERY active user community. Questions on forums are generally answered in minutes.

Manjaro allows the user to access of the Arch User Repository, a very large user-maintained repository of packages for Arch Linux and derivatives.

Manjaro has built-in support for multiple kernels as well as a way to easily install them. Using LTS kernel makes this distro stable and less buggy.

Manjaro is an Arch-based distribution with all the benefits of the Arch ecosystem and community but with the added benefit of being much more user-friendly than Arch.The overall features it provides is hard to beat. Arguably be the best desktop distro with lts kernel. Consumes very less ram.

Features include: providing notifications of available updates; mirror management; Snap support, Flatpak support and AUR support (with the option to suppress unnecessary confirmations during the install process); update settings (frequency, whether to check for updates from the AUR, packages to ignore updates for); and a history of packages installed, updated, or removed (from the official repositories - AUR packages are not currently tracked).

Packages from Arch's repositories are tested (about two weeks) longer for stability and compatibility issues. Patches are applied, when necessary, before being made available in the stable repositories.

If you ask questions of users in their forums or on other platforms, they are willing to help you. Also according to the developers, they are open to new ideas in order to make the distro better.

All desktops look good by default.

Manjaro receives regular updates, but more importantly these updates are stable. The updates are rolled out, which means you can easily update the software without needing to re-install.

Calamares installer and MHWD is the reason why this distribution is good for desktop user- friendliness! Audio codecs, latest packages,latest kernel and easy upgrade to the latest build makes it the best choice for new users.

The Manjaro community is very helpful, and there are lots of tutorials.

Manjaro uses a rolling release method for all updates, so once a system is installed, as long as the user regularly updates there is no need to re-install.

Also available as independent variants.

By using Xfce or Plasma (or LXDE, Fluxbox, supported by community) as default desktop environments, Manjaro is able to have a low memory footprint.

Run automatically during the installation process, it allows for Manjaro to work fully on your system 'straight out of the box', without the need to manually identify and install the necessary drivers or to manually edit the appropriate configuration files. Also usable via the terminal after installation, the features of the mhwd command include:

• The choice of free (i.e. open-source) or non-free (i.e. proprietary) drivers
• Identification and listing (general or detailed) of your system's hardware
• Identification and listing (general or detailed) of installed drivers
• Listing of available drivers for installation (free and proprietary)
• Support of hybrid graphics cards (e.g. Nvidia Optimus)
• Easy removal and installation of drivers (selected automatically, or you can identify and choose your own)

You can choose between different Manjaro editions which have their own change in features, and there is also Manjaro community editions where the community can make their own changes.

Works perfectly.