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Debian testing. Seriously. That is reasonably easy to install and configure unlike Arch or Gentoo, but doesn't come with "user friendly" corporate crap like Ubuntu and its derivatives.
Despite the memes, Arch isn't that hard to install nowadays. The Wiki is stellar and archinstall is a thing (as well as EndeavourOS).
But Debian testing is a fine choice as well, of course.
I tried arch once and Netflix and my printer didn't work. Doesn't it use some alternative c library or something?
No. Both CUPS and Netflix work perfectly fine for me on Arch.
You're probably confusing it with Alpine.
Yes, that's exactly what I'm doing.
I used Debian testing on my production servers for a long time. They say not to use it in production, but even as a "testing" release it's still more stable than some other distros.
I use Debian stable on all my servers now, though (except for my home server which runs Unraid). I don't have time to keep a rolling build up-to-date like I used to.