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Should I give Arch a shot?
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For someone seemingly so eager to try out new distros, I'm surprised you haven't mentioned virtual machines. If the vibes are off, it's a whole lot less disruptive to find out that way.
Your experience with drivers won't be quite the same as a bare-metal installation, but checking out software shouldn't be a problem.
Definitely. VMs are great for trialing distro and DE. They may not be great for demanding tasks like gaming without a fair amount of tinkering it should get you to the point where you can figure out if something is for you.
That said stability is a bit more complicated and I think a lot of that comes down to personal experience and long term community thoughts. Both are why I don't use Manjaro anymore and the personal aspect is why I still love Fedora