I have not signed into this forum for a while.  I have been accumulating, trading on centralized exchanges....got greedy and even "staked" coins from almost a decade ago.

FTX absolutely ruined me and I have a slice of what "used to be" left on my Ledger.

Fuck Ledger, I want to rely on my own hardware... My own hardware I built with my own hands.

I am ready to get back to my roots and ask the help from my friends from which I first joined this forum so long ago.

I have just built a laptop, installed a known secure linux distro and am ready to move everything I own to it. 

I have plans to get back to hosting a node with my dusty pie but my question is what is the current well respected self custody wallet these days?  Electrum?  Samourai?  I guess the real answer is just stick with the actual core wallet.

I know I am being lazy, asking for guidance and opinions.