When I first began researching Linux, for my needs, I found the number of different Distros to be overwhelming. So I made this flow chart, with the intent to help new users find a starting point for choosing a distribution.
I'm open to critique, as to making this chart as helpful as possible.
EDIT: Chart updated based on suggestions in the comments.
Another Windows (XP) would a strong positive if we could get to that level of market dominance. It means OEMs and hardware makers will target that OS for compatibility. It means software devs will write software targeting that OS and tell people that they're doing so. And it's not about just writing for "Linux", not even "Debian Linux", but for "Mint" specifically. That way we have less stuff like Waydroid that's definitely written for Linux, but not for Mint. Centralization and accessibility are incredibly important.