<p>I’ve blogged about getting Manjaro Linux to work with my AMD RX 470 <a href="https://www.lonecpluspluscoder.com/2016/11/19/switching-to-manjaro-linux-and-getting-an-amd-rx-470-to-work/">before.</a> The method described in that post got my AMD RX 470 graphics card working with the default 4.4 kernel. This worked fine - with the usual caveats regarding VESA software rendering - until I tried to upgrade to newer versions of the kernel.</p>

<p>My adventures with Manjaro Linux continue and I’ve even moved my “craptop” - a somewhat ancient Lenovo X240 that I use as a semi-disposable travel laptop - from XUbuntu to Manjaro Linux. But that’s a subject for another blog post. Today, I wanted to write about package download performance issues I started encountering on my desktop recently and how I managed to fix them.</p>