You *can* make Manjaru work, and work well, with minimal effort. And you *can* install a large number of other operating systems, right out of the box.
But it's kind of a lottery if Manjaru will lock you out. It happened to me once, and it seems to happen to a lot of other users here, just once. You might even be able to fix a broken Manjaru. But it seems like reinstalling it fresh and updating it every few months is the way to go. My wife uses Manjaru on her PBP, and she probably doesn't even know what GNU/Linux is, let alone how to run *any* shell command. I did have to "unbrick" it just that once. With the forum's help, you can likely manage. And frankly, as much as I don't like arch, Manjaru really does make the best use of the PBP.
You can add 5G with a dongle; it's not as bad as it sounds. I still use a WiFi dongle. Someday I'd like to install it inside the case; surely that could be done with a 5G dongle as well.
*I may have gotten bit by Manjaru twice, as I seem to recall on my third PBP it took me a while to get past the U-Boot that came with it.
But it's kind of a lottery if Manjaru will lock you out. It happened to me once, and it seems to happen to a lot of other users here, just once. You might even be able to fix a broken Manjaru. But it seems like reinstalling it fresh and updating it every few months is the way to go. My wife uses Manjaru on her PBP, and she probably doesn't even know what GNU/Linux is, let alone how to run *any* shell command. I did have to "unbrick" it just that once. With the forum's help, you can likely manage. And frankly, as much as I don't like arch, Manjaru really does make the best use of the PBP.
You can add 5G with a dongle; it's not as bad as it sounds. I still use a WiFi dongle. Someday I'd like to install it inside the case; surely that could be done with a 5G dongle as well.
*I may have gotten bit by Manjaru twice, as I seem to recall on my third PBP it took me a while to get past the U-Boot that came with it.