Titou

He never hided it, his video are kinda great tho

Lmao this dosn't make any sense

Mental Outlaw is a Gentoo user, BTW

Any lightweight distros(Gentoo, Arch, Void, etc...) and if you need a GUI, use Dwm

Yep my bad

I can install Vanilla Arch in 10 minutes, how is EndeavourOS "a pain" ?

When you're beginner it's normal to not be familiar with terminal, that's why i recommend Mint as a first distro. What im saying is that We already have Mint as a beginner-friendly distro, we don't need Debian to be as simple as Mint, also they included non-free firmware in their iso it's pretty enough imo.

having successfully built a system from a stage 1 with customized kernel, that's not an experience I feel a burning desire to go through again

It's a way to do, and yes it's not made for everyone. Currently im using vanilla Arch but i understand how great source installed Gentoo is

More difficult because Debian rely more on the terminal than mint. The terminal is not a accessorie like on Windows, it's part of basics Linux uses. In my opinion it's important to learn how to be familiar with

There's already an gui installer on Debian, what do you want ? The system to install himself without asking for your preferences ?

Arch install is not official and it's not that stable, and what's the point of using Gentoo if you don't use the main reason to use it ?

If you want Debian but user-friendly, just use Mint, Debian is easy enough to install. It's like asking Gentoo or Arch to drop a easy installer, it would break the point of using it.