Former distrohoppers, where did you settle down?

So does archinstall.

Yeah, I use Mint and the Arch wiki is still one of my first stops when I have an issue

I haven't used Manjaro myself but I heard that it is not as good as Arch. Rumors I heard where that it is not as solid as vanilla Arch. YMMV.

If you plan to use the AUR, absolutely not.

If you don't plan to use the AUR it's probably fine, but I haven't used it personally in the last few years so I'm not sure.

Endeavour is better for that, after the install you'll have plain arch but with a bunch of stuff installed and already set up

I haven’t used it personally but I’ve seen a lot of folks bad mouthing Manjaro.

Lots of complaints of instability and it being poorly run project. One of the more objective complaints I’ve read is they have a slower release process so security fixes take longer then Arch.

I really have bad luck with Manjaro, even when I don't use the aur it always breaks on me. I just stick to arch, I started with it and I'm sticking with it.

I've been running it on my work laptop for 6 years at this point and I've had no major issues I couldn't solve.

Having said that, I recently switched my gaming rig over to endeavour and it's been great.

I've been daily driving Manjaro for 4 years without any issues. Generally speaking I'd recommend seeing if there is a flatpak for an app before using AUR. I don't update as soon as updates are out though, so usually any issues there may have been have been shmoothed over before I get to it.

I've been using manjaro for around a year. It broke on me once, probably my fault, idk. I enjoy it! I've distro hopped many places and a year is a long time for me, so much about it is right for me. You'll certainly get a worthy experience of what arch is capable of, I believe.

That being said, I plan on swapping to arch really soon.

No. Manjaro is more likely to break than arch because they hold of updating their pakages. What you are looking for is EndavourOS. I consider it to be "the new manjaro"