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Counterpoint regarding Manjaro. It just works. My install experience of Debian vs. Manjaro on the Framework laptop was that Manjaro was a snap while Debian asked me for driver info.

Also, Valve’s recommendation for Steamdeck developers was Manjaro. (I don’t know if they’ve updated that guidance with other options.)

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/11/valve-adds-documentati...

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Did you try the "unofficial non-free" images for Debian? They're generally needed for full functionality on recent hardware.

For others reading this thread:

https://wiki.debian.org/Firmware#Firmware_during_the_install...

https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-in...

Thanks for the suggestion! I was actually unaware of the existence of this.

I expect Ubuntu might also work quite well. I haven't tried it yet, but I may.

Majaro package manager was broken when my pinephone shipped! Took me hours with a crashing UI to update and recover.

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