Debian is another option too, and is used heavily in industry unlike Mint. I'm disliking Ubuntu more and more but it'll be a lot of work to migrate my fleet over, all managed via Landscape (which is Ubuntu-only). While I'm currently trialing 22 LTS in a limited environment I'm not sure if this is a distro I want continue sticking with in the future.
I guess I could say the same for GNOME, but that's what my users are familiar with. The Ubuntu and GNOME setup works well - for now.
> Debian is another option too, and is used heavily in industry unlike Mint
RHEL is probably also used more in the industry than Mint, that doesn't mean you should prefer it as desktop OS. Debian is solid, no question, but its derivatives became successful for a reason.
RHEL is not a bad choice for desktop these days. The desktop is reasonably fresh, basic tasks are well-supported (office, browsing, etc.), and it has even better short-term and long-term hardware and software compatibility.
The RHEL desktop is quite a bit better with RHEL 9 than it was in its predecessors.
I guess I could say the same for GNOME, but that's what my users are familiar with. The Ubuntu and GNOME setup works well - for now.