Jokes aside, don’t get caught up in picking the most popular or most hipster distro or DE (desktop environment). Pick one, stick with it, get used to how Linux works.
Linux Mint, Zorin OS, Debian, MX Linux (if you got a pretty old laptop) are decent start. All have graphical installers, so just follow along.
When you get to disk partitioning, most people start with
1GB for /boot
Up to 8GB for swap
The rest for /, EXT4 or BTRFS
Or
1GB for /boot, FAT32
Up to 8GB for swap, swap
64GB for /, EXT4 or BTRFS
The rest for /home, whichever you picked for /
You might see ZFS or people talking about it, don’t worry about using it. Keep things simple for the start.
After rebooting and everything seems to work, dive in, friend.