If this is in the wrong community let me know, but I have been away from linux for a little while now, and I have decided to come back to it. I am trying to figure out what Distro and Desktop environment I should use.
I used to use Ubuntu and, Ubuntu based Distributions, though for various reasons I had bad experiences with the ones based down stream of Ubuntu, I have also heard that Ubuntu is no longer nearly as good as they where before. As for desktop Experences, I never really liked Gnome. That being said from what I can tell there has been quite a bit that has changed sense I left, and any recommendations would be much appreciated.
Debian for stability if your computer doesn’t need any proprietary drivers. I’ve heard a lot of good things about Fedora lately, regarding the age of their packages whilst still maintaining a significantly higher stability than Ubuntu. They have what they call Spins to change the default desktop environment for the OS. For a quick and easy setup, you can always go Mint, the bonus here is that they have a contingency plan for if things go bust with Ubuntu. I’ve heard too many negative things about Manjaro to really recommend them right now, but, being based off Arch, they still have painfully new packages. Of course their is just strait Arch if you want it, but it’s stability leaves a lot to be desired.