Looking for some suggestions, preferably with existing tested compatibility with the Framework laptop hardware so I can do more well rounded research. I’m the most familiar with Ubuntu and CentOS. Picked Ubuntu initially for mid 2000s nostalgia purposes but it’s time to move on.
EDIT: As some people have pointed out, “more privacy oriented” was probably not the best phrase to use here. I am looking to move off of a Linux OS with corporate sponsorship and also looking forward to exploring Linux OSes that are privacy focused.
There was that Amazon incident, but now I don’t think you should be worried about that. If you have other reason to move off, like snaps and other reasons, that’s a different story.
Anyway, Linux Mint is great, and based of Ubuntu. You have LMDE (Linux Mint Debian Edition), that based on, you guessed it, Debian, if you don’t want Ubuntu-based distro.
Fedora is also great, pretty similar to CentOS, and have a big community.
GL.