Update: I chose mint. I can trust Mint to update the backend.
I’m about to switch back to Debian.Any reason I don’t know of that Elementary OS would be a bad idea? I know Debian. I don’t know the nuances of Arch or red hat.
I found my final missing FOSS video editor that finally gets me off Windows. I’ve been having issues with indexing on windows, and they keep turning on that fucking reminder to sign into One drive even after I destroy it with a registry change.
I am unfamiliar with the current state, my experiences are from a couple of years ago. I had problems with ubuntu-specific installs, ppas and the like, stuff broke easily on upgrades; that’s possibly not an issue anymore on account of flatpaks.
my biggest turnoff was that the default apps had their distinct look whereas 3rd party apps looked different. add to this the occasional QT app and the cacophony was too much to bear.