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To be fair, I don't think systemd is classified as just an init system anymore. It's a software suite that just "conveniently" happened to have an init system included.
I distrohopped so many times I can't even remember everything I used.
Now I'm just on Fedora for my desktops, and Rocky on my server. Everything (mostly) works, so I'm fine with it.
Straight orgasm to sleep sounds like a really shitty superpower.
It might be even hotter than that
Debian! It sounds perfect for your use cases and requirements.
I haven't noticed any outages recently. I'm pretty sure the situation has gotten better at this point.
We'll die on this hill together.
free software or bust
I think you can enable history and it'll work then, but I don't do that so I can't say exactly.
I'm not that old! I'm still a linux user and tech enthusiast though, so you're not that off.
Fedora will always be my go-to, and the KDE spin should be pretty familiar layout wise for former windows users.
Since you have an nvidia gpu, Pop OS will probably be your best bet if you need it working immediately.
I wouldn't recommend Ubuntu anymore, as it's been pushing snaps (package manager) MS-style, and it's gotten some shit from the community for various reasons over the years.
Linux Mint is also good, too. It's very easy to just get up and going, perfect for people who aren't familiar with Linux, too.