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I've used Ubuntu way back in like 2010, but I know a lot has changed since then.

Any recommendations for a user-friendly distro that will function as a good backup that will (hopefully) work for the next 4 years?

I've used Ubuntu way back in like 2010, but I know a lot has changed since then. Any recommendations for a user-friendly distro that will function as a good backup that will (hopefully) work for the next 4 years?

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Devuan is cool and kind of like ubuntu from back then, but all I know is it from the commandline, but I'm sure it could be a decent laptop OS if you don't want the D [the systemd, that is - and only fags would want that]. Regular ubuntu is what it is: mainly pretty user friendly. My new PC came with a fork of Ubuntu called PopOS, and I kind of like it, but I also kind of want to try other things on it, but just for the sake of trying other things - this OS does all the things I need it to do as a desktop.

Oh, come to think of it, I did find a showstopper in Ubuntu 20x: a bunch of versions of wine won't run on it for some stupid reason. One of those dependency hell type situations.

I've found Centos and Fedora to be super solid if you want to go a more Redhat variant way; imho Fedora makes the better desktop, or at least I thought that the last time I tried it which was a good few versions ago.

But if you're looking for user friendly, it sounds like you already kind of have your answer, although some weird faggots might recommend Mint instead, and they might be right, I just disagree because of opinions.

PS: In a way, I personally found Ubuntu of 10 years ago more user friendly than I find the latest version... but it could just be familiarity, as that's what my boss ran then and so it's what I also ran. It ended up being more user friendly than the Solaris and HPUX I had been using prior to then. But I digress.