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Debian Stable + XFCE would probably be my go to. I've heard XFCE described as "the Debian of DEs" and I think it's pretty accurate. Slow careful changes over
by doubled112 4y ago
Debian Stable + XFCE would probably be my go to.
I've heard XFCE described as "the Debian of DEs" and I think it's pretty accurate. Slow careful changes over years, but the good things stay.
I'm not sure how Debian's LTS support works. Stable becomes old-stable in 2 years. It's supported for a while longer. If it is Debian and XFCE though, it's likely that the end user hardly notices the upgrade.
I suppose RHEL based distros have a 10 year support term, and could be a good choice too.
- lockhouse 4y agoThis! If you truly do not want your OS to change other than bug and security fixes for 10 years it’s hard to beat a RHEL based distro. If you don’t mind making an account for it, you can even run RHEL itself for free for personal use. https://developers.redhat.com/products/rhel/overview https://developers.redhat.com/products/rhel/overview
- doubled112 4y agoYou have to renew the RHEL developer license yearly. I'm way too lazy for that, so I tend to recommend the other options. The account is 100% worth access to their documentation though. Also, RHEL changes. They have even rebased to a new GNOME release on a point release before.
- theandrewbailey 4y agoI'd probably go for Rocky (the spiritual successor to CentOS) before RHEL. https://rockylinux.org/ https://rockylinux.org/ https://rockylinux.org/about https://rockylinux.org/about