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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If the person who recommended you Manjaro is close by (say, a room mate) and will help you if it breaks, then by all means go for it. I used it for about a year and found it quite prone to breaking, which usually wasn't fatal, but was quite annoying after a while. If it's your first Linux distro and you don't have a friendly support guy close by, I'd recommend you look around a bit more.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Ah, well this isn't someone I talk to very much. Thanks for the warning.

What distro would others' recommend?

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

IMO, go with either Fedora Workstation or Pop! OS (I would probably lean towards Pop! OS since its your first experience with Linux)

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I wholeheartedly agree with this statement. If you are drawn towards Manjaro because you're interested in Arch Linux, I would recommend trying EndeavourOS.