@autistic_writer Thank you for taking the time to read my response. I thought quite long about it , and while it was only meant as examples and not hard prescriptions, I still wanted them to meet certain criteria; Low friction to adoption, stability, ease of use, easily accessible troubleshooting information, etc. And while most of the top 10 Linux distros fit most of these criteria Debian is also widely recognised and has a long history. It might not be the best option but it would be viable.