[ajsnigrutin]

Honestly, ubuntu is doing similar UX breaking crap... every two years you need to relearn where to set the static ip, apt-get is snap, or snap is apt-get or who knows what you'll get when you need a simple install, and phoning home is preinstalled too.

[bombcar]

I’ve had better luck with rolling release desktops because at least things break and change slowly over time.

Each new Ubuntu is a whole new beast on the desktop (and sometimes even on server).

[timbit42]

Try LinuxMint. It's Ubuntu but without the Snaps. There is a reason it's 4 positions above Ubuntu on DistroWatch.

[lmm]

Yep. I honestly think that if you loved Linux 10 or 20 years ago you're better off with FreeBSD these days.

[ajsnigrutin]

There are still some distros that are usable... notably gentoo or arch... but the "pretty" ones, especially the debian/ubuntu based ones, have really gone downhill.