Maybe you can try The Lounge? It is somewhat different than an IRC proxy since it has a web client (that is always connected)

Wubuntu? https://wubuntu.org/

I recently started using Fedora 39 KDE Spin as my main driver. It mostly just works out of the box. You’ll need to add some repos to get media support etc. but that is just a quick Google-search away.

I have been using Debian for a long time for my home server and to be honest, and it never once failed me. In my experience, Debian on a server is just rock solid. When I made the switch from Win11 (I don’t like a snooping AI in Notepad) to Debian (stable) I wasn’t that happy. Apps were outdated, Wayland was f**king things up, etc. So I switched to Debian testing (trixie) and installed KDE the manual way. That way I hoped to get a really ‘clean’ system, leaving some of the standard apps (that I wouldn’t be using anyway) behind. Although Debian testing seemed really stable, the ‘manual way’ left me with some quirks that left me unhappy. For a reason I can’t remember, I decided to try out Fedora 39. And I have to say, it has been great. Up to date apps, no unexpected errors or crashes, etc.

It’s focus may be rdp, but it supports SSH connections just fine. I switched my main driver yesterday from Windows to Debian (Cinnamon). I came out looking for the same thing as OP, Remina fitted right in as an SSH connections manager

It’s working

If you are using the *arr stack, Bazarr may be what you are looking for.