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Just asking: how long have you been using Arch and why? What qualities did you like in it?
Going from Arch to Debian is a huge leap. In my personal opinion, Debian is a great distro for servers or really really conservative desktop users, but it gets stale really fast.
Something in between both is ideal for deskop use, like Fedora, Ubuntu, Mint, etc.. The half year release schedule keeps everything modern, but stable enough.
You said in another comment, that stability is the most important aspect for you. I recommend you...
Fedora Silverblue
Why?