Yeah, I will be putting it in my pocket.

Understandable.

This is me. Problem is that every person I encounter is like “Wow, I did not know windows does all these bad things… Anyways”

Technically speaking, GrapheneOS does use the Linux kernel. Because that, I think GrapheneOS is a Linux distro in my book.

I will try all the distros once I get back to my desktop. I have a spare HDD to use there, and I would love to report how they are on metal.

What about RedStarOS ;-)