Opensuse is supported by a company, has a lookalike desktop to windows, and their setup tool is more GUI than CLI was the main choice. The style of desktop can be customised extensively, I didn’t use this feature, but tinkerers would like it.
I’ve had Ubuntu on a very, very old 32bit laptop, Asus W2J, the layout never grabbed me. I don’t think it could install Roon, 2GB RAM a bit of a problem, only good for router setups and general network debugging now.
There comes a point where if it proves too difficult, then it is… difficult, no point to flog a dead horse.