okay just to start things of; I AM NOT AN ADVANCED USER, I WOULD SAY BOTTOM OF INTERMMEDIATE AT BEST!!!
im planning on ditching my chromecast for a little mini pc with plasma bigscreen, so i’m just wondering what distro would be good for that. I’ll also be hosting my jellyfin server, and maybe game too but idrk
Check LibreElec, if it ticks all your boxes, it’s probably the best (simplest) choice.
You can go much more general purpose, but if you don’t need general purpose then all that general purpose capability amounts to (intentional or accidental) attack surface you don’t need.