Being LTS is great for Nvidia users since nvidia driver tends to (or at least used to) break on distros with fast release models like Arch and Fedora.
Also, you won't be behind anything if you use the flatpak. Simple as that.
The distro actually does not matter as long as the drivers are properly installed and on the same version and Steam is running as a flatpak.
If running Ubuntu LTS or any derivative (except Pop OS), I always recommend:
- Xanmod Kernel (easy to install, reliable and will bring the latest kernel with gaming optimizations to your LTS distro.
- If on AMD, add kisak-mesa PPA to get latest MESA versions. If on Nvidia, add graphics-drivers ppa for latest nvidia driver versions.
- Use Steam and Heroic flatpaked. If you want to use Lutris, I'd recommend against using the flatpak, since that has been less stable and limited for me.
Nextcloud does calendar, contacts, photo management, maps, phone tracker, music player, forms (like google forms), todo lists, news aggregator (RSS), integration with Jitsi for web conferencing.
In the main page I can see the weather, Github notifications, reddit notifications, Mastodon notifications, Twitter notifications.
I can share a single file with a link, permanently or with a expiry date for logged-in users or publicly.
There is also hundreds more things nextcloud do but mine is configured this way. There is an app store inside it for gods sake! You can even install Solitaire...
Wake me up when FTP does half of that.
As for FTP, it's often blocked by ISPs, slow, and the best client for it looks like it came from the 90s.