Love Ubuntu so that's awesome. I'm a big fan of Arch(pacman is delicious) Ubuntu (most versatile xcfe or full KDE only way to go) Debian is tasty as fuck buddy.
I'm actually mostly involved with the Lubuntu team. But, to join that team I also have to be on the Ubuntu team.
I loved how basic LXDE was and how it just got out of my way to let me get shit done. Well, they switched to LXQt, and it turns out that it's pretty solid. The LXDE team is working on it and 1.0 is due out soon - even though it's stable and has been for ages. It's still a little rough around the edges.
I also like the folks behind the distro. There aren't many of 'em and I like that as well. We're a tight-knit group of people, each with their own specialties. I'm mostly a beta tester.
https://linux-tips.us/what-its-like-to-beta-test-linux-specifically-lubuntu/
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