@ifixcoinops allow me to humbly suggest what I call "Nuxi's algorithm":
1. Go to distrowatch.com and look at the top ranked distros, starting with #1
2. Does this distro have a liveusb image? No? move to the next distro, and goto 2
3. Flash the image
4. Does everything work on your machine? No? move to the next distro and goto 2
5. Install the full version
6. Does it still work? No? move to the next distro and goto 2
7. Congratulations! You have the best possible distro for your situation