> There are always weird systems with old drivers (looking at Ubuntu 22 LTS)

While I agree with your general point, RHEL stands out way, way more to me. Ubuntu 22.04 and RHEL 9 were both released in 2022. Where Ubuntu 22.04 has general support until mid-2027 and security support until mid-2032, RHEL 9 has "production" support through mid-2032 and extended support until mid-2034.

Wikipedia sources for ubuntu[0] and RHEL [1]:

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu#Releases

[1] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/timeline/fcppf7prx...