This is controversial I know but I do think it is really important

Fast bleeding edge - arch Fast bleeding edge more stable - manjaro or endevour OS (beginner friendly) Fast older stable - debian (beginner friendly) Fast stable - popOS (recommended for debian like OS with nividia support) Fast older stable - Linux Mint debian Fast stable - Linux Mint (ubuntu but also more bloated than pop os but may fit you needs better) stable but bloated and only good for servers - ubuntu

I would never recommend ubuntu aside from servers as their snapd socket is a fucking asshole implementation that takes longer to launch than a completly isolated container like flatpak… just how could they screw up

I would recommend arch for a beginner or debian because the endevour is only great until something goes wrong good luck debugging something you don’t know the inner workings. pop os is only really for those with nvidia gpus but if you plan on seriously daily linux than you may consider to change you GPU or just disable it in the BIOS

Now after I pissed around a billion people have a great day :-) and actually this advice doesn’t seem as stupid as you may think on 1st look.