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I wish they could create a bigger team. Then eOS would be a real contender. Their ideas and their execution are great, but their output is far too low.

I personally would prefer arch as the basis - like Antergos and Manjaro. But this is a different thing.

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I think using arch as its basis would clash too much with their target audience. I have not tried Antergos or Manjaro, but at least arch itself is often rather high-maintenance due to its rolling release nature.

I think someone looking for an easy-to-use desktop would not be amused if her/his touchpad stops working one day or the system would not boot properly.

Using a LTS Ubuntu or Debian as a basis allows you to not worry so much about things breaking and focus your energy on the added value you provide.

Yes, I know. That's why it is my personal preference.

With Manjaro it's working quite well, because their repos are 2 weeks behind of arch.

With Antergos it's a problem sometimes. My system was never unusable, but especially Gnome updates introduced some errors.

That said, using an arch based distro as dev machine, is insanely great. Installing the newest version of Android studio is like:

yaourt android-studio

Does Android Studio have an built in upgrade option?

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