If you have been using Linux for +10 years, what are you using now?

Been using Linux for over a decade, and last few years Ubuntu (on desktops/laptops), plus Debian on servers, but been looking to switch to something less “Canonical”-y for a long time (since the Amazon search fiasco, pretty much).

Appreciate recommendations or just an interesting discussion about people’s experiences, there are no wrong answers.

Edit: Thanks for the lots of interesting answers and discussions. I will try a few of the suggestions in a VM.

    • BaraCoded@literature.cafe
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      1 day ago

      Aren’t debian/ubuntu based distros a bit limited, though? I don’t like having to reinstall an entire system every time there is a major update.

      I used to love Manjaro for its ease of use, but it has gone so haywire lately that I switched to CachyOS with bazaar (flatpaks) for fancy apps.

      • KernelTale@programming.devEnglish
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        1 day ago

        Limited only in the about the amount of packages and major updates have not yet destroyed anything on my computer for the last 2 years. The reason I have it on my laptop is to be honest… I put it there a year ago before hearing of Cachy, and I only want the laptop for uni which I got for free since it was family electronic junk before used for heavy mechanical engineering computing for which it is now not usable. All in all it gets the job done. It has IntelliJ and most software is aimed at Ubuntu if they have Linux support, so I don’t have to think when I have to install VPN a day before exam or something.