Similar situation, experienced professional user but I’m running kubuntu at home. I just posted to another user about not wanting a project pc. I want to use my computer, not fix it or tweak it. It’s not other distributions are bad, it’s that this one is fine for me right now and it’s not windows.
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I made the switch on my main pc (from Windows) to Kubuntu about 2 months ago. A friend had switched about a year before that and said it was fun to use so I tried it and it stuck.
I don’t see myself changing, it works. I don’t want a project, I want a computer I don’t have to think about. I actually enjoy using my pc again, feels like I’m back in early days when my computer did what I wanted it to do. Forgot what that was like. Anyway my upsides are not other distributions downsides, it’s just what I have now.
For context, in industry for 20 years, previous linux admin, dev and eng, I’ve used probably 15 distributions in my years, and I run a home lab server too.


I feel you.
Long time Linux user but full time at home about a year. I had to rename Spectacle to snip because I can not remember to type s-p-e-c instead of snip. It wasn’t worth fighting anymore so I just renamed the shortcut.
Also struggle with LibreCalc opening when I search for calculator. I just can’t remember kcalc either. But I won’t rename it, trying to struggle through. Just have two decades of muscle memory to overcome.