Intel Arc GPU and Nvidia GPU are known to cause issues across all distributions.
The rolling release model combined the branch model means the iso-snapshots (stable branch) is likely to be many weeks behind the upstream (kernel.org) releases.
My personal opinion (experience)
- using AMD based systems
- always keep the board’s firmware up-to-date
- always use the newest kernel (kernel.org) to match the firmware
- use amd-ucode that matches firmware and newest kernel (kernel.org)
The above conditions is best achived on unstable branch
sudo pacman-mirrors --api --set-branch unstable
sudo pacman -Syu
reboot
I have zero issues with AMD based systems
The wast majority of hardware vendors such as ASUS builds for Windows
Many years ago - I made a decision - always research Linux compatibility for my hardware - never buy hardware with a bad reputation for incompatibility with Linux.
For many years I steered clear of AMD systems (a 25y old aversion caused by AMD K5 CPU) and used Intel only systems with iGPU.
I used Nvidia Quadro P2000 GPU for a short while - testing if Nvidia was difficult to handle in the long run and I didn’t have huge issues - but I kept having those small annoyances - it became a stone in my shoe - and I switched it for a RADEON WX7100 - and the experience was so great.
I bought my first AMD based system in December 2022 because if Lenovo will provide me 36months onsite NBD warranty - so I bought a Lenovo Thinkstation P620 and shortly after that a Radeon 7900XTX GPU.
This is possibly the best system I have ever had the pleasure of running with Linux - of course it came with Windows - but it was wiped before first start.
I recently acquired a Thinkpad X13 AMD (gen.4) and of all the thinkpads I have used over the years it is outstanding.
I also have a variety of systems mostly Lenovo, all running Linux.
If you want to avoid switching to unstable branch, but want to test nonetheless - if I have peeked your interest into unstable branch - is to use the package manjaro-get-iso (testing and unstable) to get the latest development ISO (preview)
get-iso -p plasma
It will provide you with an ISO you can use to test one of your problematic systems.
You can install directly from http using this command
sudo pacman -U http://mirror.easyname.at/manjaro/unstable/extra/x86_64/manjaro-get-iso-0.12.1-1-any.pkg.tar.zst
You can configure grub to boot the iso directly - thus avoiding to write it to USB - amend the following to your situation