I disagree sort of. I find it hard to believe a new distro is easier to set up than mint or Ubuntu

Mint is easier to setup than Ubuntu, and not only it’s newer, it’s based on Ubuntu. Ubuntu also is easier to setup than Debian even though it’s newer and based on it. Being a new distro has nothing to do with being easy to setup.

Bazzite is special because it’s an immutable distro, so it’s highly unlikely you’ll break stuff by poking around.