I think saying “anything command line isn’t for normies” would only worsen the problem

yt-dlp. Works right from the command line, no sketchy sites, on linux you can probably install it from your package manager

Anyone who’s done “/gamemode creative” is smart enough to figure out “yt-dlp <url>”. Seriously people need to stop acting like typing the most basic commands that you can find tutorials about is some kinda level 9 magic

Fedora. I like the rolling release but with large updates separated into point releases, as well as the ability to perform offline updates. I also like the preinstalled security stuff