@smallcircles Have a look at the big desktop environments and pick which one you think is slick (it is such a personal choice), look at their list of distributions that they recommend/ensure this desktop environment is up to date and support offered at the top level for any distribution you choose. Most big distros have a reasonable level of support for the biggest desktop environments, but it is not universal and you may want a less popular one.
@smallcircles I am happy with Fedora, after moving to it from Ubuntu, which I've been using for a couple of years prior. It has a nice look and feel along with relatively recent software, making it rather pleasant to use.
As for security, Fedora (among some other recommendations you received) is listed on Privacy Guides: https://www.privacyguides.org/en/desktop/. Since privacy cannot be achieved without proper security, I'd assume there are no major issues with Fedora in this regard.
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Talking about security you bring up the guy, who upon entering a room let's everyone know his real name? James Bond would probably prefer Windows 98. In 2024. ;)
@smallcircles I would definitely say tumbleweed honestly the KDE version at the very least if you want Wayland stuff pretty concurrently. They have yast which takes away a lot of the need to use terminal. But you can use terminal for zypper dup to update if you want 
@smallcircles Unsure whether it satisfies your criteria, but I'm halfway through moving all my servers (and server/workstations) from Ubuntu to vanilla Debian. Chose that because it's the most minimal change, given that Ubuntu is built atop Debian. Debian has worked well for me so far, though it may lack the bells and whistles and UI polish you're looking for.
@smallcircles Fedora comes to mind for 1 and 2 but is thrown off by 3. Where are you at on convenience vs security? How much convenience would you trade for a secure system? I could point you at OpenBSD (I know, not LInux) as an example but don't think it would be a good fit for 2.
@arcadetoken thank you. Just 'above average' attention to security, and slight inconvenience okay. I will add Fedora on my list, maybe take a quick peek at OpenBSD.
@smallcircles Sounds good, OBSD is very "security at the expense of everything else" so expect difficulty using it. I wouldn't use it for a daily driver personally. Fedora can be nice. Debian is also pretty good once you get through the installation - there is some nice security in being a bit minimal due to reduced attack surface
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