What are the best Linux distributions for laptops?

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Best Linux distributions for laptops	Price	Based On	Release Schedule
89 Manjaro	-	Arch Linux	Rolling Release
81 Arch	-	(independent)	Rolling
-- Deepin	-	Debian Unstable	Rolling release
-- Mint	-	Ubuntu LTS	2 Year LTS / 6 Month Release
-- Xubuntu	-	Ubuntu	2 Year LTS / 6 Month Releases

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What are the best Linux distributions for laptops?

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Manjaro

My Recommendation for Manjaro

My Recommendation for Manjaro

Arch User Repository access

Daily manual updates

Latest kernels

Very slow development for 32-bit hardwares

All major desktops can be directly installed from official repositories

Weekly manual updates

Support for multiple kernels

Bad way of handling dependencies

Based on Arch and user friendly

Can still be unstable

Friendly community

Nothing new

Installation is a breeze

You can't change the default theme in certain applications

Stable and consistently up to date

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

Improved stability due to a longer testing period for new packages

Often breaks grub

A rolling-release distribution

Excellent graphical package manager (Pamac)

Uses low memory

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

Arch

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

Deepin

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 install

Very stable

Easy to use

Blur and transparent design

Rolling release

Automatically cleans package cache

Excellent apps

Quite stable

VLC media player works without any issue

Great design to the app store

Enjoy the simplicity of Deepin's desktop

Has their own tool kit

Great support for graphics cards.

Gives warning messages when upgrading packages using apt

Includes a lot of packages in the official repository

Great support for graphics cards

Quite lightweight