Switching from Windows to Manjaro, installation questions

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So I have been using Plex on Windows for over a year, I decided to switch to Linux and ended up settling on Manjaro. I spent most of day off trying to setup using multiple drives. Followed Chucks guide to have drives shown in the root directory. I am at my wit’s end as I have wasted my day off trying to get everything working to no avail. I am going to reinstall Manjaro, what directory should I use my larger storage drives for? /usr?

I have an Opane 900p which was going be my /boot/efi and /root partitions. I also have a fake raid for 3x 970 Evo in raid 0 which will be my /home partition. I was hoping to utilize 3x 10tb pooled in lvm or something. Any suggestions would be great, I don’t want to go back to Windows but the huge difference has been quite frustrating. Thanks in advance.

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Don’t use Manjaro. It’s not supported.

Use Ubuntu or Debian.

Let the OS make partitions for root, swap, and home (and as needed for efi)

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Any distribution based on Debian and Ubuntu should be fine then, like Zorin or Pop OS? Sorry, it’s going to be pulling double duty with some gaming on the side.

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No. Ubuntu or Debian.

Make it dual boot if you want double duty.

I say this because I see this all day long. I am primary support for Linux.

Manjaro, Mint, and those knock-offs are problems. There’s a reason they’re different and those reasons will bite you.

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Thanks, I appreciate this.

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Any time. That’s why I’m here.

Imho, doing it right the first time, even if it takes bit longer, is easier and better than doing it twice.

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