Debian with KDE desktop. I prefer lighter DEs or WMs, but Debian is soooo stable and KDE looks so professional and makes it extremely easy to download packages - much easier than, say, Debian with XFCE which is what I use. When I set up linux on 2 old unused PCs for 2 coworkers after their computers died, I installed Debian with KDE and boss and coworkers were happy. Debian is the base of most distros, so sticking with Debian means more packages available usually and better tutorials and more stability. Even some foreign governments now use Debian as a base for their custom distros - China, too. I never had trouble getting Debian installed or running.

Arch Linux!

Fedora Atomic, GNOME or KDE will give you a system where you set it up and forget it.

I went from Ubuntu to MX Linux maybe 6 years ago, it is a fantastic distro, systemd optional, no flatpak/snap, xfce, simple, fast, always up to date for apps (.deb) and kernel.

Zorin maybe, idk

I still like Ubuntu, as long as everything works, I recommend getting the LTS release.

I was on Ubuntu for years but the Snaps annoyed me and I was looking for alternatives so I went to Fedora (Bazzite). Couldn’t be happier. I installed Bluefin on my laptop (slightly different flavor) and that’s been nice too, although some things don’t work as seamlessly as I think it should.

Debian or Linux Mint, if you want a no-nonsense, just works kind of experience.

Fedora Kinoite / Silverblue,Xubuntu / Linux Lite / Zorin OS Lite,KDE Neon / Kubuntu,Arch + KDE / Arch + Sway or Hyprland. Wacom / Synaptics / AES стилусы — как правило, распознаются ядром Linux. KDE — даёт профили для стилуса, нажатие, кнопки, чувствительность. Gnome (на Wayland) — распознаёт стилусы, но с меньшей настраиваемостью.

Fedora Kinoite / Silverblue,Xubuntu / Linux Lite / Zorin OS Lite,KDE Neon / Kubuntu, Arch + KDE / Arch + Sway or Hyprland. Wacom / Synaptics / AES styluses - usually recognized by the Linux kernel. KDE - provides profiles for stylus, pressure, buttons, sensitivity. Gnome (on Wayland) - recognizes styluses, but with less customization.

I had to get away from Ubuntu because of the recent performance issues and the requirement to have an account to get updates faster. I have used CENTOS and more recently Rocky Linux on all my servers for over a decade, so Fedora was the obvious choice for me. I had problems with desktop applications being missing from rpm repos in the past, but that has greatly reduced improved and flatpack has helped with some stragglers. But I’m still not a fan of RedHat, but Fedora is a little more separate from them than Ubuntu is from Canonical.

I tried Debian, but it’s not easy to get up and running on a more modern laptop or desktop without a lot of tweaking and kernel mods. It’s a good base OS but not good out of the box desktop OS. Same issue with Arch based distros.

There’s no big difference between ubuntu, mint or debian. I am not sure why people try to sell it to you.

Look up if fedora silverblue supports your stylus. Create a live image and test it. If it works, install it. If not fedora, then opensuse aeon.

Fedora Workstation

I just went through this. LMDE: Linux Mint Debian Edition. It’s Mint without Ubuntu and it’s pretty great.

Slackware!