Sort of bad that we never tell newbies what to base their distro choice upon, but rather just tell them what we personally like.

Maybe the installer ease of use is an important factor, buy not the most. Nobody explains the biggest difference which is how up-to-date the stack is (conservative base vs. rolling base) and that the choice of the DE is even more important choice than the distro. How come that pre-installed NVIDIA drivers are selling point even when their version is behind?

I’m baffled on how many people recommend something like Nobara, just because they preinstall a ton stuff, while it’s just a hobby project with Discord server. Maybe they improved it now, but not so long ago it was very very bad at handling updates, so the system was super easy to install, but very difficult to keep in shape over time. Even if they fixed it now, this is NOT an established system that has proven over time that you can rely on it.

In case of LTT, the choice should really be immediately cut down to just Fedora or Arch with Cachy or Endeavour as an options for “easier” Arch and Plasma as the desktop.