"old Ubuntu base" is a phrase i hear a fair bit when looking at potential everyday desktop Linux distributions to switch to. i get concerned that this also means outdated versions of the specific packages i'm interested in. and also, trouble if i buy something like a brand new motherboard.
the reviews can never go into specifics of course, but that's naturally where i have all the questions. i guess it's a matter of picking out a few options and throwing them on a USB stick to test them.
top candidate for the moment is Linux Mint. only thing is i kind of wish it had KDE. for that, maybe KDE Neon is an option, but i suspect the Internet will be a lot more useful when troubleshooting if i pick Mint, since it's more popular.
i'm not so sure about Arch. their wiki is good. i'm not sure i see the big benefit in AUR. you can find plenty of officially supported APT repos for third party software too, and those are easy enough to add.
with the emergence of Flatpak, AppImage, etc, it's less of a concern what package manager you use anyway.
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