I am finding, after 20 years of Ubuntu, that Debian is more trouble-free. I use, at various times, LMDE, Peppermint (either Debian or Devuan), and I really like Emmabuntus. I still check out various KDE distros when a new version is fielded. And I run the new ubuntu flavors in Boxes, just to see what’s new.
But Debian seems to me to be the most reliable.