No distro is perfect

So my goal is to get the closest to whatever currently, is that distro for me!

My biggest gripe of Mint...the thing that made me the most uneasy is the constant network activity, this has remained a constant for me from one update or version to the next, even when I'm not doing anything ! Obviously if I'm using a browser or checking my email or many other things, I expect to see some activity. And even if I'm not doing anything I expect to see some occasional activity. In this area Manjaro was superior. It stands out even more now that I ran Manjaro for many months. If I'm not doing anything on Manjaro the network for the most part is relatively quite.

My biggest gripe of Manjaro, and there are two is

• How fragile it is when it comes to updates! This last install was the longest without problems. But then all of a sudden the latest update affected 450 packages totaling 2GB of updates all at once. Kind of like...what do you expect?

• A close second gripe is the baloo file indexing crap. It just decides to run every now and then. And when it does it can severely impact my system. On top of that I have no idea how long it needs to run. Can I just walk away for a hour and it will finish? Or 6 or 12hrs? Or is it going to run on and off for 3 days or 3 weeks? IDK! It's just a little gift, that my buddy Manjaro gives me when it feels like it! I can shutdown and at reboot it may begin again or resume? How about a progress indicator?

2020-08-01 12:53:55