I too like things my way, and got sick of having to fiddle to keep things working... I settled on openbsd. I've got two thinkpad laptops (which are well support

I too like things my way, and got sick of having to fiddle to keep things working... I settled on openbsd. I've got two thinkpad laptops (which are well supported), and a vps. I've tried to avoid apps and customizations that are more likely to break/change over time. Browsers maybe have been the toughest to sort out. I use links for my usual reading, tor-browser for random surfing, seamonkey for sites I log into, and chrome for the couple sites I need to use that don't work in seamonkey. All minimally configured, and all proxied through my vps and use a hosts file blocklist, except for tor. I had an awesome tweaked version of firefox, but upgrades were more hassle than I wanted to deal with. I use the fvwm window manager included with the base openbsd installation, which can be customized using a single text file. I have productivity software like audacity, claws-mail, gnumeric, krita, and linphone. I've also fiddled with things like shotcut, matrix (over pidgen!), some astrophtography software, and godot. I'm not worried about the latest and greatest games - been there, done that. It's worked out well. The system gets out of my way and lets me focus on what I'm doing. I've shell scripted my os and app/user/website configurations (except claws-mail, those configs are backed up), so I know everything I setup is reproducible, and all my tweaks are documented. I still get to fiddle, I just prioritize stability over time, as opposed to worry about the bleeding edge. Prior to this I've used chrome os, debian, freebsd, redhat, and slack over the years. Gave up on windows a long time ago. Chromebooks are low-maintenance, if you don't mind google in your business. Never owned a mac, but don't think a profit-driven os would work for me anymore. My phone is a refurbed pixel 3a running graphene os. ftw! ;-)