I recommend disconnecting the HDD to prevent installing anything on it, then repair the boot / EFI / Grub issues, then reconnect the HDD. That way you know for certain all linux partitions are on the SSD.
If you’re not joking, I’d like to clarify that your friend’s computer not booting up after a CMOS battery failure, is not related to Manjaro, or any OS for that matter. But we don’t have enough info to correctly assume what the actual cause of the issue is, without troubleshooting.
Arch on my desktop because I customize it to how I like and don’t care if something breaks (rarely does). And linux mint on my laptop because I need a more reliable distro when taking my laptop to work.
Thanks for posting this one, I didn’t know about retext. I’m using Obsidian, but it’s overkill if used as only a markdown editor. Retext is way better.
Valve devs said they like Arch because it allows them to update steam deck faster than other distros. Looks like they’re skilled enough to limit the downsides of an unstable distro in order to get the latest and greatest package versions.
vifm because it’s extremely fast, you can copy or move files between the dual panes, or switch to single pane mode. The bulk rename option works better in vifm compared to ranger. I also really like lf because it’s a ranger clone written in go, but it has some bugs when opening PDFs or videos.