Yeah, all this exactly.

My desktop is pretty old, but I still use it for blender and 3D printing stuff. I don’t need anything too complex - just stability (including compatibility with my Nvidia card). No need for complex partitioning, partly because all my files are on my NAS. And the antiX package manager is much better than Synaptics - I should figure out if it works on other flavors of Debian, too…

I’ve played with tons of distros. I run Bazzite for gaming, and I love Endeavour for productivity. But I keep going back to MX on anything a little older.

OP said they are stuck with the s23 for a while. So this doesn’t help them.