Almost everyone knows and uses an operating system from Windows or Apple. These operating systems are proprietary, i.e. the source code of this is not open to everyone and so nobody knows, except those who have access to the source code (the employees of Apple and Microsoft), e.g. B. how it works and whether your data is collected or not.
I myself have a MacBook from Apple on which MacOS was installed. The emphasis is up because I have been using fossus for a long time. Foss is the abbreviation of Free and Open Source Softwarewhich means “free and source -open software” in German. So the source code can be seen openly for everyone: Everyone sees how the source code works, where there are errors and what you could optimize. Think of a recipe of a cake.
With Windows and Apple you can't look into the ingredients lists - they are secret. You don't know how the cake was done and what ingredients are in it.
At Foss, on the other hand, the list of ingredients is open - the source code is visible to everyone. In addition, you didn't have to pay any money! Nice 
Why is Foss so great?
There are 4 great advantages over proprietary software (e.g. Apple and Microsoft):
1. Security and reliability
Since everyone can see the source code, security gaps can be closed, faults can be remedied and improvements are made.
2. Diversity
Foss projects can build on others and diversify. You call that too Fork. One example is Linux's countless operating systems. Don't you like your current one? Then you can choose one of 100 others.
3. strengthens the collaboration and redefines education
Many groups that lead to different fosses are formed, working together and passing on to know. The Maker movement and Hackerspaces are an example of this.
4. Efficiency
One project builds on the other and this doesn't have to start over again. Imagine you create a program with which you can edit videos, make progress and share it with no other. Others would then have to start from scratch. But if you have access to your progress, you can build on it directly.
here If you find a detailed explanation of the points, so I will not go into it any further.
For me it was still an important point that I don't have to pay money and as the name suggests, Foss is free. But that does not necessarily mean that Foss is free of trade. But more about that later.
Convinced of all these points, I decided to try Foss in early 2018 and the Linux distribution Ubuntu to use.
How did I install it?
To use Ubuntu, I have the operating system via a program installed on a USB stick, then with the help of one YouTube-Videos Installed on my laptop so that I had macOS and Ubuntu at the same time. So to speak, to find out whether I like Ubuntu and to test it.
It took me a while to get used to it, but in the end I found myself well and was quite enthusiastic. I liked the design very much and I was able to switch to different desks with the Apple button CMD + S (I found that mega cool and very practical):
I got used to Ubuntu and I liked it! It was only a bit cumbersome to install programs because you often need the terminal (the command center of the computer, where you can carry out commands), but I saw that as a challenge and I enjoyed it to find out things that go after also worked for some time.
Then I was at TIO in December, who was there, my own adapted version of the operating system Manjaro to create.
Manjaro
Manjaro is based on Arch, so it is built on another Linux operating system. This is the nice thing about open source because you can build on what others have built. Manjaro has created a lot of custom things for the operating system, and most Linux distributions create a so-called “repository” (a storage location). In principle, this is a server (a website) on which these packages are stored and can be easily installed from there. An application (app) is nothing more than a piece of code packed in a Christmas paper.
If you want to install it, you basically order your operating system to unzip it and create the content of the package. It is important what is included in this package. In Windows you have the “EXE” as a package. The problem is that this exe is very messy if you open it - there is a chaos (further, further, yes, install, where, now? You also have to find this package online on any website. So it's a complete chaos.
At Linux, users put these packages in a single place and check whether they are good or not. Imagine it like a warehouse. Everything is sorted by categories here. Arch has such a warehouse, Manjaro has one, Ubuntu has one, but the difference between them is mainly due to the package packaging because they are actually the same. For example, Ubuntu has “Deb” instead of “Exe”.
So back to Manjaro. There is its own place of storage - the “repository” (do you remember?). However, Manjaro has a small team, so you cannot take many packages there because these packages have to be thoroughly tested and waited. That means “restriction”. Ubuntu suffers from this because there is no new software in her repositories. But Manjaro uses Aur. This is the Arch User Repository-this is like a public warehouse where every user can add packages for the Arch-based Linux distributions.
Aur may be the largest warehouse in the Linux world. It has pretty much any software. Manjaro therefore relies on his own repository, but also allows Aur to be activated. So you can install packages from any warehouse, which allows you to use a variety of apps. Aur software is not tested for Manjaro, but since Manjaro is based on Arch, almost 99% of the applications work there.
Manjaro deactivates Aur by default, but it is very easy to activate the software manager. This is the cool thing about Manjaro, her software manager, in which the repository and Aur work together. The installation of an application is so easy for every Manjaro user. You just have to open the software manager, enter the name of an app (and search) and click on installation. That's all. You don't need the terminal and don't have to search for an app on the Internet - easy.
Foss and trade -free
Now again to the distinction between apps that are Foss and apps that are free of trade.
Foss means that they are free and open source. However, this does not necessarily mean that they are also free of trade. For example, the FOSS app could collect your data for any purpose. Or she could switch advertising. She would still be “free”, as many people understand today, because you still don't have to pay money. But keep your data or your attention.
That is why it is so important because only the apps are free of trade that do not want anything from you - no data, no attention, just nothing. Because like us in our a book Explain it is a slippery slope as soon as you are involved in some form of trade. That's why we took Manjaro and made Trom-Jaro out of it:
TROM-Jaro
Tio has now taken this Manjaro and adjusted it so that it is both commercially free and super functional and contains the best Linux apps in the world. Manjaro comes pre -installed with, for example, Microsoft Office and Steam - they are not trade -free! So we removed these apps.
Then we have pre -installed a few useful apps and recommend trading apps on the website of TROM-Jaro. The cool thing is now that you can install the apps directly from the website if you have Trom-Jaro without going to the software center. It makes it super easy. So you can simply go through our recommended apps and install the ones you want/need! And we are constantly adding new apps.
Otherwise, we have pre -installed extensions that block advertising at Firefox, for example. You definitely know the commercials on YouTube if you want to watch a video? You will forget that there is because such advertising is blocked. For example, other plugins offer more security.
We still adjusted the design so that it looks pretty cool and we set it up so that you can use it immediately.
I personally use Trom-Jaro daily and I'm Mega Happy with it. It is not only quick, clear and easy going, but safe and reliable. I also noticed the development of Trom-Jaro from the start and have to say that it has become a super professional trade-free operating system.
Conclusion:
So if you install Trom jaro, you have a slim and fast operating system that you can adjust as you want.
Images and instructions on how to install Trom-Jaro, if you want to try it out, you can find the website: www.tromjaro.com/de