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I'm a filthy casual who seeks something that just works without me constantly trying to find and solve what broke each time.
Feels weird to keep recommending it, but https://www.opensuse.org/ OpenSuse Tumbleweed is regularly updated (rolling release) and nicely packaged for end users.
Suse is another old linux consulting powerhouse so you can expect a similar level of polish to Red Hat stuff.
Its default settings include a good modern filesystem that supports taking snapshots and rolling back, which is very useful if you run into a problem after updating a lot of software and you just need to revert to your system's previous state instead of fixing the issue immediately. Or if you're about to do something weird with your computer and you want to save a snapshot for whatever reason.
I'll keep thinking and pondering to see if I can get a bit more variety in my suggestions.
Random roughly organised thoughts in general about this though:Obviously you can try almost any distro out using a live USB installer before actually installing the system. This is handy if you wanted to try something like Manjaro which is supposed to be a more user friendly version of Arch Linux with a nice installer and stuff, so you can have a play around and see whether the OS is capable of cooperating nicely with your computer.
A rule of thumb with live distros is they are built for maximum compatibility so sometimes they will have full driver and/or software support for hardware that isn't installed by default when you install the OS to the computer, so don't get too attached to anything you play with and be prepared to try a couple of distros if you decide against one of the super user friendly desktop distros.
Low key though and I hope nobody on hexbear dot net sees me tell you this. Running Fedora on your computer at home doesn't really provide any support to red hat the company and its government and military shit. It is also unlikely that they are overtly backdooring their distro specifically (its more likely/true to say that they have helped backdoor almost all distros via systemd.) So if you can't find an alternative that works for you, at least be reassured that running red hat's distros doesn't put you in immediate moral peril and probably doesn't increase your personal exposure to surveillance.
So I guess what I would say is don't feel pressure to rush into a change. Take your time and hopefully you'll find something nicer than Fedora that you like.
Of course not, the backdoor is on NSA developed SELinux /s
I didn't post this to tell people to switch from Fedora, just that it's monstrous behavior by the parent company. Of course they use Fedora as their downstream beta testing of features but that's a different conversation.