Good points. And fuck snaps. If I have to use some sort of “all-in-one”, it’s flatpak or nothing.

Debian might be slightly harder to set up. However, from what I hear, it’s easy enough for most people now.

It’s pretty easy to install these days. I use Debian exclusively on all of my VMs. I prefer the text-based installer because everything is headless and doesn’t need a GUI, but there’s also a graphical installer as well, which is pretty easy to navigate and use.