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The shore is cool, but dry. Back into the comforting murk.
Palpatine kinda DID end the voting system (analogue to parliamentary democracy):
“The Imperial Senate will no longer be of any concern to us. I’ve just received word that the Emperor has dissolved the council permanently. The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.” -Grand Moff Tarkin
So, in other words, the two are more alike than is initially obvious.
I may not like him, but if it’s a franchise instead of direct-owned (varies by store), nothing (money-wise) is making it all the way up to him.
I’d say keep it basic with Ubuntu. It’s not exciting, but it ‘just works’ out of the box and there’s TONs of support if you can’t figure something out.