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Not a great timing to move to something RHEL-based!
If I may ask, why not Debian? You're already familiar with 99% of the distribution, as it's the base for Ubuntu.
debian is the alpha. and will be the omega.
I’m a long time Ubuntuee making the move to Debian. Already made the move on desktop, servers to follow over time. Love raspbian on my Pi4…
It’s just too familiar at this point :)
My main issue with Debian is LTS support, I usually run like Ubtunu LTS and I don't upgrade until it isn't supported. The stability of LTS is great.
Debian also has LTS, for at least 5 years, after which an organization or company can step up to provide further updates. For example, the previous release will be maintained until 2026 and the one before that is being maintained until next year by the LTS team.