I used Ubuntu in my college for some light programming and felt really happy about it.
I am more interested in switching to Debian 12 than Ubuntu, since the former is really stable. Also, I came to know installing Debian is easier since it supports non free firmware.
I would suggest Linux Mint instead, or using Flatpaks to update apps.
Now it’s new, so you’ll have less problems, but in two years, the situation might be different.