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Because linux distribution recommendations are written by people who have nothing better to do than be hypnotized by the jangling keys of whatever’s new or hot for people who have nothing better to do than be hypnotized by the jangling keys of whatever’s new or hot.
It’s the same reason rhel doesn’t get recommended tbh.
well there is more to the lack of RHEL recomendation, no sane person likes corporate lock in and although rhel is fairly open there is always a little bit more than with debian
So historically not manjaro.
That's true a lot of reviews are from people who don't spend more than a few hours with a distro. But I think out of the box experience matters quite a bit. I don't like configuring and customizing stuff myself all that much and for people new to Linux it obviously matters even more that things are smooth sailing from the beginning.
What?