Mystory
I used many distros.
Debian is extremely ancient. I consider debian to be a an OS for servers and embedded systems. I know it progressed during the years and some people daily drive it as now you can use flatpaks to fill the gaps, but flatpak could never give you a newer DE or other software that aren’t shipped like this.
I think that on a workstation you should use a more “unstable” (as in update cycle) OS. The risk is a bit higher but you lose a lot on the other side if you use old software or can’t test a shiny brand new one that might help you before waiting for another 2 years to do an unboxing
I find Arch Linux great as it’s really minimal and that pacman very fast. I hate that I have to watch news before upgrading and to do manual chores. I want a lightweight system that just holds software, can update everything easily and doesn’t break if one day I’m a little drunk
So then… we are back at Ubuntu?
What I use now?
Fedora It is just the best balance.
- DNF5 got really fast now and I find it’s output better than APT
- It is not so new to break but not so old to be left behind
- Backed by a company that has resources to actually maintain this thing
I use KDE Plasma as it’s just the natural way of doing things. I like GNOME’s ideas but it is annoying on stuff considered normalon other DEs. So what I do is just that I apply some GNOME principles in Plasma, like:
- No Desktop icons The desktop is supposed to be clean, to give you comfort and invite you to open windows rather than grabbing your attention on what you have on screen when you move windows around
- Multiple desktops
- Minimal taskbar. All I have is the “Start” menu