I the first distro I managed to install and use was a mandrake. ( xD before discovering Xfce with a Xubuntu 6. Since then I have hardly used any other DE. but i had use many diiferent distros, from most basics to most exotics.

I've got two machines → One desktop and one Laptop (both with DualBoot Garuda/Win) but I try regularly my former distros and news, and that's how I discovered Garuda about one year ago. I am a fan, and reconciled with rolling releases. ^^
P.S. : thank DeepL