I like opensuse 15 but why not duel boot or triple boot to test?

if your looking for ease of use and nice UI , ubuntu which ive used before its very nice

I had a triple boot, Mint, Manjaro, Rosa.
It is as if have three Pcs, have and often on the same.

Something to keep in mind is that each distro is based on a different version of linux. That core version is really what matters. The rest is superficial (not unimportant, just more about preference). That core version will determine which programs will be available to you (unless you want to compile your own, but I've never had success with that).

For example, Ubuntu and Mint are based on Debian.
From my experience, Debian has the most programs available that I wanted to use and the best compatibility with games.

I use Crunchbang ++, which is a lightweight distribution that uses the openbox window manager (instead of something like KDE or Gnome). It's not as easy to use, but it's faster. Since it's based on Debian, I can also run games on it.

Examples of core distros that a lot of other distros are built on (of fork from):
Debian
Red Hat / Fedora
Arch
Slackware

And then there are other versions that are kind of their own thing, but function very similarly to linux, like:
OpenSuse
OpenBSD

For simplicity and learning linux, I'd recommend either Ubuntu or Linux Mint. I tried both of those initially, but that was a long time ago. At one point Ubuntu changed their default user interface to make it "simpler", but less functional and I ditched it at that point.

I've installed Linux Mint on computers for non-computer savvy people and they were able to use it without problems.

There's a comparison page of Linux distros that gives information like that (what kind of installers it uses, what it's based on, etc). It's on wikipedia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Linux_distributions

I would but I like having space on my hard drive :)

https://yro.slashdot.org/story/18/02/17/0826206/freebsds-new-code-of-conduct

Hmmm, i know switching from 32bit to 64bit on mint, certain utilities don't act the same. Like NetCat... it hangs even when it's done transferring data...

Not sure the switch was worth it.

openSUSE is actually a classic Linux distribution ;)

Maybe you shouldn't have gone with the trendchasing distro who wants to eat from the same pie tin as Apple.

isn’t it rather in the same Ubuntu pie pan that Mint eats?

There is also a separate Debian-based Mint, which is there in case Mint devs feel they need to jump ship because Canonical does something stupid with Ubuntu, like drops 32-bit app support or something.

I've run the Debian Mint on a virtual machine just to check it out, seemed fine but I think they made it clear that currently it is on a lower priority.

a very nice one too :) (I use opensuse)

Well, technically yes. Though because Mint and Ubuntu are separate distributions, they are both free to make different mistakes. Dhink Tifferent, and all that.

I don't exactly recall hearing news of Ubuntu putting down the shaft to multilib support, but then again I've tried my best to ignore it.

Are you sure it "hangs"? I always have to lookup how to close the connection after transferring a file.
There are multiple versions of netcat (at least one from GNU and another from OpenBSD). The 64 bit version may be using another version of it.
In GNU netcat you can add --close (or -c) to the listener to close on EOF from STDIN. It may be -q on OpenBSD netcat.
But I remember using timeouts (-w) for that too.

Then ./play.it needs your help ;)

We have been planning to add RPM support for a (very) long time now, but it is kind of stalled due to a lack of contributors actually using RPM-based distributions.