For me I've settled on Fedora Workstation (just got updated yesterday to Fedora 38). Why? It's both cutting edge and stable, usually have the latest software updates and advancements. Some don't like Gnome's workflow as it's keyboard driven but I've gotten use to it.
As for photography software settled on Darktable and Gimp. I do keep RawTherapee as a backup but find Darktable more capable. Am I satisfied with Darktable? Not really, it's overly complicated with a steep learning curve. Also the noise reduction lags behind the commercial options that have moved to AI.
What are you using?
Edit: I have been considering dual booting so I can run DxO for the AI noise reduction.