Mostly off-topic, but since the comments have < 10 posts, I will do my part to engage discussion until the superior comments arrive. I want to have the Year of

Mostly off-topic, but since the comments have < 10 posts, I will do my part to engage discussion until the superior comments arrive. I want to have the Year of the Linux desktop on my primary machine. I haven't yet. I will admit to severe analysis paralysis that is keeping me on Windows 7. After Windows 7 goes out of support, I have to leave Windows on my primary desktop behind. Windows 10 has made it clear that it wants me bent over a barrel and to submit to its will for ads, telemetry, etc. On top of that, MS force-feeds me beta updates for the businesses so I can be cannon fodder to any new plagues before it affects the businesses. I am not Microsoft's animal. I refuse to become it after my chosen (and still beloved next to Win2k) OS is out of date and no longer secure. But! I don't know if I can go with Debian KDE (+ non-free), KDE NeonOS, Mint + Cinnamon, Mint + Xfce, Debian Xfce, Debian Lxde I know I want 'I-cant-believe-its-not-Win2k-DE' and that some Linux distros have old versions of desktop environments like Kubuntu or old kernels, but I don't know which OS to pick and stick with (not wanting to get on the grand tour of Linux distros), so here I sit. Eventually I will just have to pick one, but if I can minimize the combination of [losing MS OneNote 2010, SysInternals, RCT2, Visio, and NoteWiki (to name a few long-used rando Windows apps with few drop-dead obvious Linux equivalents)] and [removing the 3-month worn in shoe of A distribution for B distribution] I will be gratified. /rant?