(11-17-2020, 09:47 AM)pagesix1536 Wrote: This entire thread answered nothing concrete. There is no best distro is what I got out of it.
Everyone has their preferences and say theirs is the best. Seems that all distros have something (or many things) wrong with them. Flicker, no suspend, doesn't boot, no video drivers, etc.
I don't even care about being the latest. I'll use a 4-year old distro if it means all the hardware works, there's no screen tearing, suspend works, and maybe even some video hardware acceleration functionality is usable. Is that basically the OG distro (Xenial Mate from Ayufan)?
You're not wrong. "Best" is inherently subjective. Everyone will have their own opinion on what is best.
If you want the most maintained/responsive, go for Manjaro. The same guts as your PB720 (minus the screen) are being used for the PinePhone and PineTab, too, which Manjaro actively develops for so you should see some benefits from that development. A good bit of it is already in mainline, too. They also have a pretty responsive dev team/forum to submit and help with reproducible issues.
The Arch Arm option might also be a good option to try if you're not into Manjaro.