[axytol]

After more than 15 years of average default Ubuntu user, I also had to move, in my case I went to OpenSuse Tumbleweed (TW).

While there were a lot of Ubuntu changes over the years, that I managed to adapt to, this time I realised it was too much work on my side as a user:

- for snaps, since I have data spread across different mounts, I had to apply some bindfs cludge to address the hardcoded paths that snaps get access to.

- for Gnome I got tired of having to install all kinds of 3rd party extensions for basic UI features like right click actions.

Debian or derivative would have been my initial choice too, I went with OpenSuse because it's got a strong developer backing and very responsive update schedule, it's a rolling release which means that it has quite new packages but also if updates break it, you can quickly revert it with snapper. Some downsides to consider are that this is not a Debian derivate so, while most guides on the Internet can be 'ported' to OpenSuse it's a bit more involving. That said they also feature quite some good docs, so many common scenarios are covered.

PS I know you can get the same Gnome on OpenSuse, but the upside is that one has access to more recent alternative DEs, which can replace Gnome on rolling releases.