This always feels like a loaded question. I don’t believe there is a one choice that is “right.”
After distro hopping and trying many, I have come to a few realizations for myself.
There are a few factors to consider:
What Desktop Environment (if any…): KDE, GNOME, XFCE, Cosmic, etc (this gets a bit more complicated depending on if you don’t want a desktop environment. You could just go CLI or with just a Window Manager like Hyprland, Sway, i3, or others I’m unfamiliar with.)
What package manager are you comfortable with? And what style of package management do you want? Do you want older but tested and more stable? Do you want bleeding edge?
Is systemd a deal breaker for you?
Really what I am getting at, you don’t know what you don’t know. So test out many! You can do this in a Virtual Machine with Virtualbox on Windows before switching.
This always feels like a loaded question. I don’t believe there is a one choice that is “right.”
After distro hopping and trying many, I have come to a few realizations for myself.
There are a few factors to consider:
Really what I am getting at, you don’t know what you don’t know. So test out many! You can do this in a Virtual Machine with Virtualbox on Windows before switching.