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manjaro screwed up grub & Ubuntu not booting

manjaro has screwed grub ..  Ubuntu isn't booting .. able to use root in Ubuntu recovery journalctl shows every single service failing ... i used etcher to write Manjaro boot disk.. that isn't working. I tried to write Ubuntu ISO on it but that USB is being seen by etcher or Rufus or .. as only 512 mb USB .. . don't know how to get myself out of this.    Update Aug 2025: Manjaro 25 is a Breeze to install, just works...

Airtel optimal recharge

  among 1.5 GB per day recharges, best to use 666 rupees recharge which if valid for 77 days cheaper on annual basis among 5 amounteds 479 for 56 days 519 for 60 days 666 for 77 days 719 for 84 days 779 for 90 days amount days number of recharges in 366 days total amount per year 719 84 5 3595 666 77 5 3330 519 60 7 3633 479 56 7 3353

moving to manjaro linux -Screwed up

 I've been Ubuntu+XFCE person for nearly 10 years. Ubuntu has problems of broken packages, PPA's.... the ever growing list of failed/broken packages in sudo apt update was getting tiresome. Today, basava jayanti, day to try something new... Installed Manjaro Linux & it was pleasant. create the bootable USB (Manjaro + XFCE full is 3.9 GB ISO) boot into USB shows up a desktop  click on the install Icon install next to ubuntu 4-5 minutes  ready to reboot remove USB BOOM Inside Manjaro   got my regulars vim, joplin, ibus unable to do below  pip3 is different, missing the familiar suo pip3 install <package>.... pipx is helping. can't type in kannada   Installing wine (jai https://wine.htmlvalidator.com/install-wine-on-manjaro.html) pamac upgrade -a pamac install wine wine-mono wine-gecko wine --version wine winecfg wine clock   With manjaro, I intend to do things differently than the past 10 years push code daily to github/gitlab reduce rote, re...