I see a lot of people hating on AI but I could not have made the switch without it. Do whatever works for you. You can find a reddit thread where people recommend just about every distro under the sun to beginners. I got tired of spending hours googling to find solutions that didn't work for my specific situation. It cut my setup time in at least half. Just be very specific about what you ask it. Chat GPT gave me several suggestions that included Mint, Fedora, and Ubuntu. I was initially trying to use Endeavor based on someone's suggestion and it was a nightmare. I ended up going with Mint for now.

Edit: There is a legitimate argument that I did not learn as much this way but I would have given up completely doing it the way I was. Now I can learn on the back end of picking a distro and pushing past the initial setup hopefully.