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by doubled112 1156 days ago
Debian Stable + XFCE would probably be my go to.

I've heard XFCE described as "the Debian of DEs" and I think it's pretty accurate. Slow careful changes over years, but the good things stay.

I'm not sure how Debian's LTS support works. Stable becomes old-stable in 2 years. It's supported for a while longer. If it is Debian and XFCE though, it's likely that the end user hardly notices the upgrade.

I suppose RHEL based distros have a 10 year support term, and could be a good choice too.
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lockhouse 1156 days ago
This! If you truly do not want your OS to change other than bug and security fixes for 10 years it’s hard to beat a RHEL based distro. If you don’t mind making an account for it, you can even run RHEL itself for free for personal use.

https://developers.redhat.com/products/rhel/overview

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doubled112 1156 days ago
You have to renew the RHEL developer license yearly.

I'm way too lazy for that, so I tend to recommend the other options. The account is 100% worth access to their documentation though.

Also, RHEL changes. They have even rebased to a new GNOME release on a point release before.

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theandrewbailey 1155 days ago
I'd probably go for Rocky (the spiritual successor to CentOS) before RHEL.

https://rockylinux.org/

https://rockylinux.org/about

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