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Ubuntu, Manjaro, and the Linux Desktop I Thought I'd Left Behind

Published: June 3, 2026 Reading Time: 12 min

I have not switched back to Kubuntu yet. I am still daily-driving Manjaro KDE on my ASUS Vivobook Pro 15, with Plasma 6.6.5, Wayland, btrfs, and a hybrid Intel Arc + NVIDIA RTX 3050 setup. But I have been running Kubuntu 26.04 LTS in VirtualBox, comparing the two side by side, and asking a question I did not expect to ask again after several happy years on Arch-based rolling release: ...

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Solving the Dropbox Connecting Tray Icon Issue on Manjaro KDE

Published: June 12, 2024 Reading Time: 3 min

If you’re using Manjaro KDE and rely on Dropbox AUR for file syncing, you might have encountered a frustrating issue where the Dropbox tray icon perpetually shows “connecting” while the app itself works and syncs files perfectly in the background. After spending considerable time experimenting with various solutions, I finally found a fix that resolves this issue. The Issue After installing the Dropbox AUR package on my Manjaro KDE system, everything seemed to work fine except for the tray icon. It kept displaying “connecting” indefinitely. This was annoying because it made it hard to quickly check the sync status of my files without opening the main application window. ...

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