With Manjaro, you can solve a lot of the problems by switching to the “unstable” repositories, which mirror the Arch repositories. It doesn’t solve the problems with their processes though. There are still better Arch based distros, like EndeavourOS.

It’s funny, I update Endeavour daily because there’s less to go wrong at a given point

Dotfiles are files whose name starts with a dot. Configuration files are called dotfiles because they used to start like that and litter your home directory. These days configuration files tend to live under the .config folder. The name has stuck though.

I first experimented with Linux in 1999, but didn’t stay with it for long as I never got X11 working. I started using it more seriously in 2001 / 2002 and by the time Windows XP was established, I was a full time Linux user. I was a lot older than you though being in my mid-thirties.

It offers a good installer, a decent out of the box setup, useful helper scripts, and a helpful community. That’s a lot more than Arch!

Why wait. Start switching now.