Many people have tried and liked Linux Mint;[0] the 'Cinnamon' version has been popular with Win-expats.[1] For that distro Nvidia is sometimes a problem, but Mint has an active and helpful online forum (with several savvy experts). You might take a look at that.[2] You can also look at Distrowatch (right column) for popularity and reviews. [3]

I've tried the other stuff, returned to Mint 6 years ago and stayed.

[0] https://www.linuxmint.com/] [1] https://old.reddit.com/r/linuxmint/ [2] https://forums.linuxmint.com/ [3] https://distrowatch.com/