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Yes, use what you know. Neither LXLE nor LXDE are end of life as claimed in other comments. The latest LXLE release is supported until 2030, which is five years longer than Windows 10.
I appreciate your response. it's good to know I'm safe running what I know. And cerement gave me some good info so I can learn more about different distros. :)
I tried installing LXLE - and in spite of multiple attempts, it simply refuses to install the boot files into the boot partition. 🤣
So I suppose it's getting a different flavor, after all