I've been using Manjaro Linux for a few years and have no regrets. Its based on Arch Linux, which gives it access to a large package repo (lots of community submitted packages), follows the same rolling release, is more stable than the more leading edge Arch distro, comes with multiple UI flavors, has tons of directly relevant support as its Arch based, (the Arch wiki is fantastic) is vastly easier to setup and use out of the box when compared to Arch Linux
I've used Ubuntu, and a few other distros in the past, and I personally always had issues with non-rolling release updates, and some minor issues with packages. I'm not saying I haven't had those issues with Arch Linux/Manjaro, but when they do happen its my own fault (partial updates, restarting at the wrong time)
If you want to just get up and running fast, keep things easy to maintain, and get software you need without manually keeping track of them, Manjaro is the way to go.
PS. Regardless of what distro you pick, pick either a gnome desktop environment for a "fancier" experience, or xfce if you just want things to work. Picking anything else usually ends up with stability issues or limited support. Either of these two are the "main stream". Unless you like debugging your desktop instead of programming, stick with the main stream for the essentials.
I've been using Manjaro Linux for a few years and have no regrets. Its based on Arch Linux, which gives it access to a large package repo (lots of community submitted packages), follows the same rolling release, is more stable than the more leading edge Arch distro, comes with multiple UI flavors, has tons of directly relevant support as its Arch based, (the Arch wiki is fantastic) is vastly easier to setup and use out of the box when compared to Arch Linux
I've used Ubuntu, and a few other distros in the past, and I personally always had issues with non-rolling release updates, and some minor issues with packages. I'm not saying I haven't had those issues with Arch Linux/Manjaro, but when they do happen its my own fault (partial updates, restarting at the wrong time)
If you want to just get up and running fast, keep things easy to maintain, and get software you need without manually keeping track of them, Manjaro is the way to go.
PS. Regardless of what distro you pick, pick either a gnome desktop environment for a "fancier" experience, or xfce if you just want things to work. Picking anything else usually ends up with stability issues or limited support. Either of these two are the "main stream". Unless you like debugging your desktop instead of programming, stick with the main stream for the essentials.
Thanks Brad for sharing this :)