>>105867193 (OP)
Ask yourself what do you need, here are some examples:
>i don't give a shit, give me a !windows ux with the least setup work possible
Bazzite KDE, Mint, Kubuntu LTS, OpenMandriva Rock, ZorinOS Core.
>i'm extremely anal about what i want, the os has to be my toolbox
Arch (if i prefer upstream over stability), Gentoo (if i prefer in depth modifications), Debian (if i prefer stability over upstream), LFS (if i want to decide EVERYTHING from scratch).
>i need an os that can run on a literal potato
Puppy Linux, AntiX, MX Linux, TinyCore.
etc...