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I agree, but I would argue it doesn't really make sense for someone to recommend a distro that is more likely to need tinkering and research over one that is more likely to not need much intervention, especially to someone who is averse to needing too much tinkering.
Immutable distros have great promise, and I believe in the future they will become the standard, but right now their potential benefits aren't likely to be realized by most average users yet, as the ecosystem isn't quite ready for them to be as easy as a normal distro is currently, IMHO.
It's kind of the opposite. Bazzite pretty much just works. It doesn't need tinkering, and in fact many people who consider themselves "power users" seem to take issue with this because they want to tinker.
The reality, of course, is that it's absolutely possible to tinker, it's just done slightly different sometimes.
But you 100% do not need to tinker with anything.
From what I understand It doesn't generally need tinkering as long as everything you need is a flatpak. I also read that it can require tinkering to install 3rd party printer drivers.
And you would be wrong. There are several options for installing software...
You can layer packages with rpm-ostree.
You can install local packages with .rpm files.
You can install anything from the aur using an Arch distrobox (everything needed to do this comes with the distro).
You can install through dnf using a Fedora distrobox.
You can use the package distribution system of any distro you want by making a distrobox. Any app installed on a distrobox can be exported to your host OS with a single click.
You can use appimage, or yes if you want it can use flatpak.
None of that requires tinkering.
I mean we are kinda splitting hairs at this point, would you rather check, how to install something on a system that doesn't break, or check how to restore your system that broke from you installing something once the next major update came along. This happened to me before and from my experience that's exactly where the stability of immutable Distros shine.
Both can be argued for and against, I'm not saying one is better than the other.
If I were op I'd probably go cachyOS keep my eyes out on major e.g. fedora release updates and make at least manually important backups of the home folder. Just learn the feeling of Linux for a while. Given that OP stated they have little patience for fiddeling I'm sure they will come around to stable Debian or immutable releases eventually.