[axaxs]

As a very long time Linux on the desktop user, I absolutely love Solus. I've used about everything, but anymore, I just want something nice and easy for me out of the box. After the Antergos project ended, I decided I wanted something non Arch based, and tried Solus for the heck of it. I liked the default wallpaper, theme, and despite lacking advanced setups, the installer was perfect for my needs. Updates are done once a week, and despite the small team, they really mostly stay on top of things. If you're a distro hopper, or tired of your current one, give it a go.

[ufo]

Were you drawn to Solus mainly because of Budgie? Or was there something else too?

[axaxs]

Nope, I don't even use Budgie. Despite my distaste for it, I'm still a Gnome guy. So, I don't remember why I even tried it other than I'd grown tired of Arch based footguns. I wanted rolling release, something easy to install that supported full disk encryption, and a decent amount of stuff via repo. Believe it or not, there's not a lot that ticks all those boxes.

[pabs3]

I'm using Gnome on Debian testing and it ticks those boxes for me.

[ufo]

OpenSUSE Tumbleweed is the only other one that I can think of.