When videos like this ytb.trom.tf/watch?v=d7-EhGIeGU… tell you that Manjaro is not stable, or that mixing AUR with repos is bad, or that Manjaro packages "beta" software, please be skeptical. I have been using TROMjaro which is basically Manjaro Stable with some custom stuff to it, for several years now. My laptop never shuts down. I edit videos (like I work on a multi hour documentary for the past 2-3 years), I edit photos, I write books and I design books, I manage servers, I make websites, I consume a lot of media too like documentaries and such. I test thousands of apps for our TROMjaro library and I do the updates the same day they are released.

With all that being said, despite a few apps from AUR that may not work here and there, the rest is flawless. We use XFCE as the desktop env so that helps to make it more stable.

But yeah, idk if these people use these distros much or they encountered some issues 5 years ago and simply decided that all is bad about them.

As for Manjaro controversies even those are hyped and clickbaited. And I am one of those who fought with the Manjaro devs on their forums about some of their decisions, and yet I am still sane to be more objective and see that the things they are accused of are blown out of proportions. Sure they did some stupid things, but hey they are a company after all....what do you expect.

Anyway, Manjaro as a whole is great because they have a bunch of great tools and huge repos.

TROMjaro is rock solid from my experience and manages the look better than any distro I know. Syncs the themes, icons, and fonts across pretty much all apps out there.

That's all :D.