I agree, generally I feel that once one reaches a certain comfort with the ecosystem... the distribution really doesn't matter that much. In the end they all p

I agree, generally I feel that once one reaches a certain comfort with the ecosystem... the distribution really doesn't matter that much. In the end they all pick from the same pool of file managers, desktop environments, yada, yada. I picked the one I landed on (Fedora) because I appreciate the unique tooling they offer regarding packaging and how it's closely knit to RHEL. I'd even go so far as to ask for fewer derivatives. Spend more effort making the ones with community mindshare/support fit your dream. Newbies will have a much better experience looking for support for those, than your newly created 'branch'.