People will move heaven and earth to not upgrade Windows. Understandable since every new version of Windows is even more user hostile than the previous one. Even though it sucks, it's consistent. You can change browsers, and even the shell before windows 11 (not sure if you still can).
But there are probably hundreds of distros at this point, which one? I guess that's part of the problem is that each one has its own reason to use it.
The best Linux is the one that's already installed. If you have a steam deck you probably won't want to install Ubuntu. While it's doable, steam OS is already optimized.
If you have a NAS or another appliance, it's probably not going to make a lot of sense to switch.
So let's talk about desktops and laptops.
If you have a desktop with a keyboard, mouse, a screen and speakers, and nothing weird, you should be alright with any of them. Find one, and stick with it.
Fine. I'll pick for you.
Kubuntu.
The stability of Ubuntu with the familiarity that kde has to offer. Kde looks and feels like windows. If you are used to windows, use this.
If you are coming from Mac, use plain Debian with the gnome desktop.
Then from then on, figure out how to use the OS.
Day to day there isn't much difference between gnome on Debian and gnome on fedora. You have the same apps, same command line tools, the same kernels. The major difference is how you get your software and even this is getting easier.
Flatpak saves the day in a huge way if you are mostly comfortable in the GUI. For apps you don't need to use sudo with, it's great.
If you have a laptop... Things get messier.
If you have an AMD based machine you are probably just fine. AMD has had open drivers for a long time and either distro listed above should work just fine.
If you have an Intel based machine, life is also pretty good. Again, mostly open drivers ecosystem.
If you have a laptop with a discreet GPU, specifically an nvdia one, be prepared to suffer greatly. This has just been my experience with any dgpu laptop. Windows, Linux, or something else.
It's too hands on to be a good experience. Having to juggle which app runs on which GPU, and which power settings do you need to use in which scenario is always painful.
What's even worse is actually trying to game on these. Enjoy constant stuttering from the power starved GPU. Enjoy horrible frame pacing. Maybe if you set everything to full throttle you won't have frame skips from dynamic power adjustment. But good luck hearing anything over the fans.
So, kubuntu, or Debian, but preferably whatever ships on your device.
