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I don't think you'll ever fomd the uniformity of MacOS since there is not one single company behind the distros and all the packages they use. I really like Pop_OS! By System76 because it works great out of the box and has a really pretty look and feel if you like Gnome. It has some smart options enabled and applications installed by default, it uses the apt package manager which is really easy and has fairly good packages, and it's quite beginner friendly in general. With any Linux distro you have the freedom of doing whatever you want:) Another distro that you should consider is Linux Mint with the Cinnamon desktop if you prefere a Windows-ish look. I wouldn't look too far because otherwise you'll just get stuck distro hopping and never settling.