Im new but not quite i first encounter linux after win7 dont have support anymore.
My first distro was Ubuntu Gnome 18.04 Bionic Beaver,Ubuntu Mate and other like mate etc.. but when i was get information that is spying i changed my os to Debian 10 buster i tested many gui's later was Bullseye 11 which was also mate for sometime i was use gnome to remainder myself good Ubuntu times,Siduction xfce and now Sparky 8 seven sisters also xfce.
So far Sparky is greatest distro which still support systemd so i can use fstrim on my SSD.
Fast,simple powerfull thats why i choose Sparky 8 even my favorite driver wizardpen for my drawing tablet works.
My hobbies are programing and linux administration thats all.
Welcome aboard.