Fastest mirrors and update on Manjaro

 

Update mirrorlist with the fastest mirrors

sudo pacman-mirrors --fasttrack && sudo pacman -Syyu

Limit to 5 mirrors

An optional number can be supplied to limit the number of mirrors in the mirrorlist 

sudo pacman-mirrors --fasttrack 5 && sudo pacman -Syyu

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