What are the best Linux distributions for laptops?

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Best Linux distributions for laptops	Price	Release Schedule	Default Desktop Environment
88 Manjaro	-	Rolling Release	XFCE, KDE, Gnome, Budgie, Cinnamon, Deepin, i3, LXDE/lxqt, and MATE
85 Arch	-	Rolling	CLI
-- Xubuntu	-	2 Year LTS / 6 Month Releases	Xfce
-- Deepin	-	Rolling release	Deepin Desktop Environment
-- openSUSE Leap	-	4 months	Plasma, GNOME, Xfce, LXQT

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My Recommendation for Manjaro

My Recommendation for Manjaro

Arch User Repository access

Bad way of handling dependencies

Latest kernels

Daily manual updates

All major desktops can be directly installed from official repositories

Can still be unstable

Improved stability due to a longer testing period for new packages

Nothing new

Stable and consistently up to date

You can't change the default theme in certain applications

Installation is a breeze

The Manjaro unstable repository is slow to sync with the Arch stable repository

Friendly community

Security issues

A rolling-release distribution

Often breaks grub

Support for multiple kernels

Based on Arch and user friendly

Uses low memory

Excellent graphical package manager (Pamac)

Manjaro provides its own distribution-specific tools such as the Manjaro Hardware Detection (mhwd) utility, and the Manjaro Settings Manager (msm).

Deepin desktop environment is a worthy attraction

Steam installed by default

Manjaro

My Recommendation for Arch

My Recommendation for Arch

As slim or copious as you want it

Not ready out of the box

Excellent documentation

Not for the faint of heart

Helpful community

Requires some background with Linux and the command-line to setup

No restrictive handholding, pure control over everything

Too many package upgrades that require manual intervention

Fast and simple package management

Manual install process

Simplicity is absolutely the principal objective behind Arch development

Documentation only makes sense if you know how to adjust it

A package for almost everything

Problems with driver/kernel/gpu consistency

Cutting edge rolling release

Instability can be an issue

Excellent package management with the AUR

Fragile packages

Support for a large variety of hardware

Package manager is so naive

Stripped down to the bone

Multiple Aur helpers

Helpful 3rd party installers

Rolling release requires bandwidth

My Recommendation for Xubuntu

My Recommendation for Xubuntu

Conservative, yet modern

UI is pretty generic without customization

Great performance

XFCE development is slow

Customizable

Software structure is very simple

Comes with lightweight applications

Quick boot time

My Recommendation for Deepin

My Recommendation for Deepin

Contains power saving mode for laptops

Poor dark mode implementation

Well-designed in every detail, developers have a professional aproach to the system

Easy to use

Very stable

Easy to install

Rolling release

Blur and transparent design

VLC media player works without any issue

Quite stable

Automatically cleans package cache

Excellent apps

Supports Flatpak

Lighter than Windows 10 and Ubuntu

Great support for graphics cards.