I made the same switch for the same reasons about three years ago. I have no regrets! Also, as a CS teacher I've been forcing about 80 students to run Manjaro

I made the same switch for the same reasons about three years ago. I have no regrets! Also, as a CS teacher I've been forcing about 80 students to run Manjaro KDE full-time. The complaining is not nearly as loud as one would imagine. :-)