@darius Debian. It got much easier to install third party drivers.

For desktop environment:

KDE: You want to look at a pretty DE
Gnome: you want to be frustrated
Cinnamon: you want gnome
MATE: idk why you'd choose this
XFCE: You want a DE to be boring and functional*
LXQt: you have an old computer
Custom setup with a lightweight WM: you want to think about Linux instead of gender*

* My preferred options

@darius yessss

@darius almost certainly

@darius this is literally my uncle (mark)