Sorry but I refuse to “build my OS”. It seems infantile to me. All I care for is competence, I don’t mind using the terminal. I’ve personally never tried any distributions outside of Ubuntu derivatives (because software & lack of knowledge).
But I really ask, why is there no standard? Especially in these days of Win11 fallout, when the normies are ripe for change, why do you cut their hands off? Don’t you wish for the fall of SlopOS’s? It really should not be a question of “doing research”- no, you can do that for your hobby distros.