Manjaro Budgie
It's still early in my exploration, but so far nothing's gone badly wrong. I've been able to do everything I've wanted to do. I installed my bashrcAdditions for the terminal, modified /etc/fstab (which does exist) to mount my NAS shares, and was pleased that the network file system was already enabled. I had no need to install nfs-utils or nfs-common, as in most other distros, including Solus. That's one extra point for Manjaro.
I installed terminology, but was unable to use it, because it has the same display issues I've seen elsewhere. Terminal, however, works just fine. And for installing software, the Add/Remove Software GUI app is also convenient. I used it to install the macro CLI editor without any issues.
Immediately after I installed the OS, I modified the display resolution to 1920x1080, and when I applied the change, Manjaro enlarged itself to the largest size that was available in the client area of the host's window. There have been very few distros that I've tested that have been that smart. Most of them to that, but only by adding vertical and horizontal scroll bars to reach features on the the side and bottom of the child screen. Then it's a pain to scroll up and down and maybe sideways, to access areas of the child screen. That's another extra point for Manjaro.
The next step: Use Firefox to install Vivaldi, sync it, create the named tab stacks, and configure a couple of Vivaldi Mail accounts. This is a big step. It's a very large part of making a VM usable for me for an extended time as a daily-driver, because browsing and email are a large part of my daily activities.
According to my SysInfo macro, this DE is "Desktop: Budgie v: 10.6.1." Manjaro Budgie enables just 23 unit files at startup, which puts it on the "faster" end of distros. Consequently, startup and shutdown are fairly quick. In comparison, I usually point out that Solus usually enables 3, and it starts up and shuts down very fast.
