I’ve had the same path as you. Arch has been the simplest distro I’ve tried. And with archinstall it’s a breeze.
I’ve also found that Plasma 6 takes away most of the hassle with setting up a desktop - for my use case.
Been using a PC since Win 3.1 and it’s by far the most stable system I’ve ever had

I’ve been using the Asus BT400 without any issues in different distros. But I’d always recommend a cable mouse if you have a stationary setup

NixOS is the sort answer. It’s reproducible across hardware. But I’ve never tested it.

“Most” is different from every non American Indigenous (which is the majority) is an alien in the USA. Of course, Europeans were the cause of that :)