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Favorite is OpenSuse Tumbleweed. It's stable mostly, and quite fixable when it isn't. Just a great overall balance.
My first was actually DSL: "Damn Small Linux", contained entirely on a CD to remove a TERRIBLY resistant malware from my Windows XP machine. (It was awesome for that! Had no idea what I was doing lol.)
Tried Ubuntu, then Ubuntu Studio, but they didn't like my Wi-Fi devices back in those days, so I didn't get to do much with them!
Used Mint seriously on my aging laptop and loved it. It's such an excellent on-ramp and you can hang out with it as long as you like.
Later tried Manjaro for a while but...it started having some controversial project decisions and just didn't feel like home.
Using EndeavourOS on my gaming laptop and it works great! Considering migrating though: Arch is an excellent teacher, but I've had to spend unexpected weekends fixing weird hitches after updates.
Honorable Mention: Puppy Linux! I used to be able to boot it to any laptop from my Android phone, and that was a really neat trick for public computers and stuff.
Hey I resemble that journey. Very few people metion DSL and Puppy. Those lived on a multiboot flash drive I carry around "JIC" (these days I just bring Mint and Tails).
I just commented elsewhere how Mint became home - that "long as you like" is still going (jeez 8y at this point lol).
Cool! Yeah, they don't seem to be referenced as much anymore, but they were seriously impressive and had their use cases. :D
Yeah, Mint is often referred to by folks as a "beginner distro" implying you'll somehow inevitably skill up and distro hop, and sure, plenty do, but it really doesn't have to be that way!
(Heck, Eliot the super hacker in Mr. Robot used it as his home distro! Lol π)
I mean, it's stable, you can still get newer stuff and gaming via FlatPak, and it's just overall friendlier. The community is super helpful and nice too!
I personally jumped to OpenSUSE Tumbleweed because I like having new features sooner. (I blame Blender haha!), and honestly, I didn't expect to fall in love with KDE as much as I did. I really like KDE. :p
I'd always encourage people to try other distros just to see if they do something that fits them better or something, but yeah, you shouldn't feel any pressure to "graduate" from Mint. It's lovely. :D
I am actually thinking that a stable-stable distro like Debian or OpenSuse Leap as a base system, and on top either GNU Guix or a VM with Tumbleweed or Suse Slowroll is a great option. Very stable for productivity, and at the same time very current for programming and exploring new stuff.
I currently use Debian stable, and both Gnu Guix and an Arch VM on top.