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.... I actually use Arch. Sorry.
But really, I would have gone with EndeavourOS (instead of Arch) if it were not for my friend who really strongly advocated for Arch (even installing it for me—or rather, converting my Manjaro install into an Arch one).
If I've had any regrets in my Linux journey, it's choosing Manjaro instead of EndeavourOS as my introduction to Arch-based distros.
Arch people REALLY hate Manjaro
-happy Manjaro user
And in my case, I kinda don't like Endeavour OS. I installed it on my laptop to try it out a couple months ago. It looked to me like a convenient no nonsense installer for Arch with some nice defaults, then you stumble on their custom update/mirror manager nonsense. Then you want to use a printer and realize they left CUPS disabled, as if to give you an "excuse" to use systemctl. Then if you want to use Samba, you need to go out of your way to find a default config file. I've had to jump through more hoops and dealt with more quirky nonsense than with Manjaro stable on that distro.
It's like it doesn't know who this is meant for. People who want their hand held through a GUI for something basic as updating their system, or people who love writing their own config file for everything.
Might as well install Arch, really.
-Other happy Manjaro user
How does Garuda fit on the Arch spectrum?
Kinda hated, but not as much as Manjaro.
Manjaro guy's perspective - nicer than Endeavour, at least there is some functionality that is actually useful and justifies it being a separate distro.
Normally, Arch folks hate Chaotic-AUR as part of Garuda, the bloat™, and the fact it's heavily designed with hypergaming styling, which is not only not pleasing for many, but adds extra hurdles on the way to ricing.