Is Manjaro Plasma stable for anyone?

[antaratma]

My question is this...  how can I set up ANY SMS? Do I still need to hold onto my 2 year old Android phone JUST to get SMS?

SMS should 'just work' on any distro which supports PinePhone by now.  MMS is another story, although even that is becoming pretty well supprted by now (was not always the case).

Well, last I checked, the Manjaro with Plasma Mobile does not even come with a SMS application. Instead you have to install a modem app to even get any SMS received.

For me Spacebar which is installed by default is working for SMS. I did not try MMS.