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posted by martyb on Monday September 09 2019, @11:03AM   Printer-friendly
from the *THIS*-will-be-the-year-of-Linux-on-the-desktop dept.

Manjaro Linux Just Made A Massive Announcement About Its Future

Since 2011, Arch Linux-based Manjaro has focused on being a simple-to-use, accessible Linux desktop distribution with a friendly community. Manjaro has become widely available with multiple desktop environments, usable on multiple chipsets, has enjoyed partnerships with both hardware and software companies, and quickly risen up as a respected and popular choice for desktop Linux users. But as of today, Manjaro Linux is no longer just a Linux distribution -- it's officially transforming into a company with ambitious plans for its future.

[...]The announcement happened just hours ago, via Manjaro developer Philip Müller. It's not the catchiest name, but the advantages to this move seem beneficial to the both the Manjaro project and the community using it.

Müller says that for quite some time he's been researching "ways to secure the project in its current form and how to allow for activities which can't be undertaken as a 'hobby project.'" Crucially, he and the team wanted to reach new heights and be able to invest considerably more time into the project, without compromising the way its currently operating.

To that end, the Manjaro team is announcing the formation of an established company, Manjaro GmbH & Co. KG, "to enable full-time employment of maintainers and exploration of future commercial opportunities." They'll also be taking on Blue Systems -- a German IT company specializing in Free and Libre software -- as an advisor.

Additionally, the team will transfer the ownership of all donations -- and the allocation of donations -- to fiscal hosts CommunityBridge and OpenCollective, which will both secure donations and make their use transparent. And transparency is always welcome.

The BetaNews hot take.


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  • (Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Tuesday September 10 2019, @02:29AM (4 children)

    by PartTimeZombie (4827) on Tuesday September 10 2019, @02:29AM (#892021)

    It looks like being second on the Distrowatch page hit ranking table does not confer quite as much fame as I thought it did. :-)

    It is a start.

    They might wind up the next Redhat, or as you say, they might go the way of Mandrake. Time will tell.

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  • (Score: 2) by barbara hudson on Tuesday September 10 2019, @03:19AM (1 child)

    by barbara hudson (6443) <barbara.Jane.hudson@icloud.com> on Tuesday September 10 2019, @03:19AM (#892038) Journal

    Page hits are a shitty way to count popularity. How many stay installed? How many even get downloaded, never mind booted?

    I grabbed more than half a dozen distressed a few months ago - only one survived testing, and it's not as good as any of the distros 5 years ago. I'm not impressed.

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  • (Score: 2) by deimtee on Tuesday September 10 2019, @04:25AM (1 child)

    by deimtee (3272) on Tuesday September 10 2019, @04:25AM (#892066) Journal

    they might go the way of Mandrake.

    That takes me back. :) I still have original version 9 and 10 Mandrake disks in a box here somewhere. I really liked Mandrake back then.
    They used their own RPMs and it just worked a lot better than Redhat or Suse.

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