Debian exists. Ubuntu wants to go Pro. Mint is squished in the middle. Fedora is doing mad science, and OpenSuSE is in full "We have Fedora at home" mode. Arch arches, and Bazzite is in an existential crisis over the coming x86 32-bit apocalypse. Also Nix is nixing, I guess. All the inbetweeners are trying desperately to be relevant and up to date.
Edit: Having an update bork your desktop setup unless you do a specific set of pre-upgrade tasks is the kind of problem people ran away from Windows over.
The comments section beautifully demonstrates the linux problem. Everyone's a master chef in their own kitchen, but to cook for the public, you need to meet public standards. And linux people always cook at home.
I will note that AI customer service could be an improvement. Customer service helpline jobs are one of the worst jobs to get paid peanuts to do.
Of course, my preference is to upgrade the crap voice recognition system with an AI voice recognition system, which is way better at understanding words. The help desk jockeys can stay, as they do the real work.
A few people are focused on this tech, the majority of people who are in a position or job that can in fact end world hunger are held back for reasons.
I would have loved to see elementaryOS as a viable option, but the whole "reformat to install new release" hurdle is a mega huge downside.