If you like KDE your night find endeavouros with KDE pretty good. It is an arch derivative so it is rolling release, if that is acceptable then I would say give it a try.
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I don't like the recent update and all the problems it has but I like KDE as OS yeah
it sounds like you're looking for kubuntu since it checks off every one of those bullet points.
I'll see if someone suggests me anything else and I'll try it. Not sure if it has the apps menu at full screen (macOS style) or not, not a big deal though
Not a fan of Macbooks but Idk how to explain it otherwise
i used to use the baghira kde theme and it mimics the unified system/apps menu that osx uses.
it's a bit dated so you'll have to look for something newer and i would be surprised if it doesn't already exist somewhere
I also had kde neon and switched to kubuntu. Its really nice and only has minor issues. I also tried opensuse beforehand, which was not a good experience, for example the sound did not work (which is a typical probl, at least says their wiki and the fixes were obsolete, but not documented that they were.) and as a final straw, YouTube video played without hw acceleration, even with codecs installed.
I had less problems with endeavour os (arch), which runs on a second rig as a steamdeck.
Debian is not good for KDE
I don't exactly know if Debian or anything else but my "requirements" is short sooo I'm open to anything I guess