Think of it as I want vanilla KDE etc. Lower level integration to make things work isn’t an issue. It’s more the “we have this philosophy blah blah” that isn’t very much my thing.
I’ve eyed arch, but worry that installing it and keeping it going is kind of a new time consuming hobby. Which is more the what I want to jump into.
Me and Red Hat had a falling out decades ago (before fedora) and I haven’t been very keen on it. The distros that is, rpm and such. Might be worth a look. But then again light branding is more branding that I wish for.
I have been eying the new future KDE distro. I’m curious about the whole image based core systems. Sounds a bit like I’d like it. I believe bazzite (sp?) uses that. Ever given that a go? The immutable image thing that is.
Currently stuck on Kubuntu that was just meant to be installed to see if I assembled the computer correctly. Been a quest to find a distro for me since the 90s. Went to school with Per that made CRUX btw:)
Hopefully it doesn’t come off as if I don’t value your input. I do quite a lot. Followed long enough that I know you truly know your stuff. I just seem to have an odd idea of what I want :)