Ubuntu. The whole interface paradigm puts me off.

I game a lot, so I need the latest drivers. So anything with a slower release schedule than Manjaro is a no go for me.

Void linux.

I used arch for a couple years, then crux for over 10 years, so I though Void would be a great distro when the systemd drama occured. Tried that, and noped the hell out of it...

• creating/maintaining packages is a pain
• the dev team was awful with newcomers
• system couldn't handle more than a couple weeks without updates
• it's an arch wannabe that doesn't admit it, making it a worse alternative

Anything that's not Ubuntu, because it's the "mainstream Linux", so guaranteed I'll find anything I need there.

EndeavourOS - I have tried Arch as well but EndeavourOS is just nicer out of the box. The AUR is awesome, and I generally find answers for any problem more easily than I did for any other distro.

Linux mint waaaaaaay back when it first launched.

Garuda. Looked pretty and tried it for a day or two and noped out. Went back to Manjaro before I figured out how to install Arch without the installer

Gentooo, the only reason I' use it is so I could bring up systems on old architectures. Besides that it really isn't worth it.

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