Manjaro Gnome Edition
Manjaro is an Arch-based Linux distribution that excels in ease of installation and compatibility with graphics-intensive tasks like Blender and Automatic1111. Its user-friendly interface ensures a smooth experience while delivering high performance. Many users find themselves preferring Manjaro over Ubuntu as they become more familiar with its features and benefits.
Quick Fixes
WebP is an image format developed by Google that offers better compression and quality compared to traditional formats like JPEG or PNG. By following these steps, you can enjoy faster loading times for images on the web and improved overall performance of your browser.
To enable webp support, issue this command in the terminal:
pamac install webp-pixbuf-loader
Log out. After logging in, you will be able to see and work with webp images.
My laptops has an NVIDIA graphics card and upon a fresh install, the external monitor is detected but carries no signal. To fix this, I open Manjaro Settings Manager > Hardware Configuration and click on Automatically Install Proprietary Driver
When done, I reboot and finally, I enter this into the terminal:
sudo envycontrol -s nvidia
It’s that simple to fix this issue.
Yesterday, I installed Manjaro Gnome Edition, updated the system and noticed that TimeShift is not creating the 3 daily snapshots I configured. I fixed the issue by entering the following commands into the terminal:
sudo systemctl enable cronie.service
sudo systemctl start cronie.service
Manjaro, by default, requires a password to mount additional internal hard drives. To automatically mount a hard drive or specific partition at boot, follow these steps:
- Open Gnome Disk.
- Select the desired hard drive (and partition if applicable).
- Click on the small cog wheel ⚙ to open the pop-up window.
- In the pop-up window, select “Edit Mount Options”.
- A new window will appear; uncheck “User Session Default” (the top option).
- Restart Manjaro for the changes to take effect.
- After rebooting, your secondary hard drive should automatically mount without requiring an admin password during user sessions.
Because of features like this one, Gnome is the only desktop environment DE I use.
Update: Lately, I skip appliying manjaro-gnome-vanilla and still can get rid of the default look.
Manjaro is my favorite Linux distribution, but I am not a fan of the green theming. However, there is a fix which requires installing an app that will fix this by typing the following command into the terminal:
pamac install manjaro-gnome-vanilla
Once installed, I double-tap the Windows key and select the cleanup-manjaro-gnome icon the same way as you would start other applications that are not in your dock. Then I log out or reboot and use Tweaks to select the Adwaita Gnome theme.
Suggestion: To give my PC a more professional look, I install the Kora icon theme
My favorite version is Kora-grey
On a normal (not minimal) Manjaro installation, a new powerlevel10k configuration can be created by typing this into the terminal and answering a few simple questions:
p10k configure
Manjaro Minimal Gnome Edition is my favorite Linux distribution but the green theme and kitschy icons are not my thing. Therefore, I use nano to open: /usr/share/zsh/p10k.zsh and place # symbols in front of:
- os_icon
- dir
- vcs
Lastly, I removed the # symbol for prompt_char. See image below.
I use the video recording option in addition to taking screenshots using Gnome. To enable this feature, I enter the following commands into the terminal.
sudo pacman -S gst-plugin-pipewire
sudo pacman -S gst-plugins-good
After installing these packages, I log out of the current session or reboot my system for the changes to take effect. Upon logging back in, I am able to record videos using Gnome’s screenshot tool.
Back in the day, I used the Atom editor a lot and when I heard that the original developers have published Zed, a successor to Atom, I installed it. Before long, I realized that Zed is not for me. If you are in the same situation, then here is how to uninstall Zed via the terminal.
rm -rf $HOME/.local/zed.app
rm -rf $HOME/.local/bin/zed
rm -rf $HOME/.local/share/zed
To remove the app icon, I used:
rm -rf $HOME/.local/share/applications/dev.zed.Zed.desktop
Manjaro Timeline
New! See visual representation of timestamped issues and solutions for various devices.