Long time UNIX and Linux user. For Linux I've mainly been around Ubuntu based distros (and mostly Mint) for the last 8 years or so, but did play with Mandrake Linux in the early 2000's! A friend pushed me to try Manjaro in 2020 (and I was bored during the pandemic quarantine, so why not). After getting used to an Arch type distro, I really liked it over Debian based (and I've never been a fan of RedHat based) and wanted to get closer to Arch (but not build one from the ground up). Played with RebornOS and EndeavourOS (which I still run on a home media server for now) and then heard about Garuda (Dr460nized) and decided to put it on a HP Laptop I had laying around. All I can say is this distro ROCKS! I did find tips on things to change for laptops, and it is super smooth now (just installing TLP made a world of difference from the base install for me). Thanks for the hard work that has went into this distro. No plans to distro hop again anytime soon.