As a guy who had been trying Linux desktops for 2 decades before I finally switched, I fully recommend Manjaro Linux over any other distro. Based on Arch, it's

As a guy who had been trying Linux desktops for 2 decades before I finally switched, I fully recommend Manjaro Linux over any other distro. Based on Arch, it's the only system I've tried that never killed itself with updates. Whatever you do, don't make Ubuntu your first distro. You'll regret it. You'll spend more time tinkering with it and rescuing it than anything. Manjaro is fast, simple and you won't have to hunt down software because the Arch repositories have everything you need. I don't prefer laptops, but I did install Manjaro on one laptop - an Acer E5-575G, and it ran perfectly. Everything works: wifi, sleep, even the Fn keyboard controls to adjust volume, brightness, etc.