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Garuda Linux is probably what you want. If you need the DE to be customizable, go with KDE. If you prefer stability, choose XFCE, MATE or Cinnamon. GNOME is also available, but they're planning to drop X11 support in favor of Wayland, which is absolutely not ready for general adoption.
Garuda is Arch-based, most of the applications will be identical. It's also preloaded with gaming-related utilities. Not exactly easy on memory usage, but that's a compromise you'll have to make (KDE uses more RAM than all other DE options).