There is no best linux distro, but I really like Arch. I like it for the same reason I like Reaper. It's a barebones system, and you need to install all the extras yourself. Most other distros come with loads of pre-installed stuff.

Arch sort of forces you to learn the fundamentals of Linux, which in contrast to what most folk think are actually fairly simple. It doesn't take a big brain. Just more time. But it pays off! You can make any kind of system you can imagine.

Nowadays you have a few opinionated Arch-based distros, like Omarchy for example. If not for Niri (window tiling manager) I would definately just run Omarchy if I had to start over. It's essentially a version of Arch that has already been riced (to rice means to customize).

Super sleek looking, easy to use productivity focus distro.

 

Bazzite is good if you plan on gaming, also easy to install other applications with the bazaar store that comes preinstalled. It is an immutable distro which can be an upside or downside, personally i view it as upside for users switching from windows because it means less chance of you bricking your device by messing with things.