I've been on my first GNU/Linux distro for almost 3 months now. I picked Linux Mint (and I am okay with my choice, but I do think about how Manjaro as a first distro would be like), but now I have the need to switch to a different distribution, especially something rolling release.
I do not care about choosing every package that my system will have; I am fine with a little bit of software not being used on my system (This makes the incoming list preferred over Arch Linux). I care about an user distributed package manager (?) being there, such as AUR. I care about installs supporting a Window Manager such as i3. I care about my system not breaking due to an update on the OS (I have heard that this kind of stuff happens on Arch Linux, and that for this reason Manjaro filters the Arch Linux updates and gives a more stable experience (I also heard that they just delay the updates and call it stability).). So with these in mind, I have these distros and Arch Linux installers to choose from:
1- Manjaro
2- ArcoLinux
3- Garuda Linux
4- Endeavour OS
5- Anarchy Linux
I would highly appreciate any suggestion / discussion!
@Pixificial I would not recommend Arch Linux unless you have the newest hardware and need the newest version of a program(without obtaining the source and making) . This is the strength of Arch Linux. Arch is really good at bricking on updates.
@Pixificial I have updated on several different devices that I installed Arch Linux on. They bricked hard. It has taken time for me to get more comfortable with using pacman on Manjaro on a few different devices. I have yet to have one of them brick.
Debian and Ubuntu brick too. I have experienced it with these two about 7 times over the years. 3 or 4 were LUKS and it took about 96 hours to recover the first time. If Arch Linux would only have a garage package manager like apt, they could likely be recovered post brick.
@AmpBenzScientist Yeah, but distributions of Arch Linux like Manjaro are supposedly made for general / basic users, hence with a bit more stability, availability and user friendliness in mind (And far less bricking, at least that's what I assume.). This is also why I'm not going straight with Arch Linux, but rather "easier" distributions of it. Have you experienced bricking on your device yourself by Arch Linux or distributions based on it?