@tyler @BowsacNoodle ....I've lost count now how many distros I've checked out....

I always just come back to my 1st; Xubuntu. It just (mostly) works. Mostly..... (as I type this on my 'backup persistent live OS' running from my USB ext hdd while I wait on my new MB so I can use the new (PCI4.0) vidya card I got because my old one wouldn't play nice w/ 24.04, and I ordered the card w/o really checking the NEW mb I had bought, which only supports up to PCI3. Hahahahahaa... :kms: