I really loved reading this, I switched to Linux full time last year (Debian XFCE) and I really enjoy it. My first distro was "Accessible Coconut", an Ubuntu based distro. I was wondering out of all the distros you've tried, which is your favorite and why? I really like the speed and simplicity of XFCE as a desktop environment and I like Debian because it seems a bit faster and less "bells and whistles" than Ubuntu.

I also once had the experience of uninstalling the graphics driver by accident when I was trying to update my NVIDIA driver (never again), though it was nice being able to restore it with a few commands than having to go through a longer process with Windows.

Thank you for your comments! Regarding distros I tried, my favorite is Arch, since it's more lightweight compared to other distros, meaning you only load what you need and nothing else, but with the caveat of being DIY (which in part is good because you learn deeply how the system works). This gives a significant performance boost.

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Regarding DE's, I personally prefer KDE since it's performant, beautiful and gives me plenty of customization options to suit my workflow.