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PopOS is a solid choice. Other good choices are Mint or Zorin. But don't sweat it too much. Just pick something and go with it. Once you get into it more, you'll either know exactly what you want or you'll stop caring.
Once you get comfortable arch is a good choice too.
It’s not that complex and it’s a good way to learn.
Then of course is Gentoo which is a bit more complex.
Isn’t Zorin bloated with lots of fancy UIs?
They've got a 3060ti and a decent cpu they can handle some fancier UI.