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this post was submitted on 15 Jul 2023
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Well, what do you want? You don't look at Linux and go "out of all these 1000s of options what's a good one?" Instead, you should say, "I want my computer to work XYZ way," and that will decide the distro for you.
Do you want a start menu and a bar? Probably want Xfce or KDE. Do you want an app menu? Well there's GNOME. Do you care about defaults or do you want to customize? Think about what you want from an OS and how it should work and let that guide you to your distro.
Why'd you leave Linux Lite? What made you decide on Fedora? You could always go back to Linux Lite.
There's nothing gonna happen to Fedora because of RHEL locking down, and there's no reason for Fedora to be leave, so staying there is a valid option.
My question is, what does your DE have to do with your distro? Pick a distro that works on any DE