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Yes there was but I was literally installing a distro recommended on Distrowatch, so you can estimate my knowledge back then.
I'm currently running MX because I went to DW and checked what's popular. It wasn't the only one I hopped through, but that's how I first learned about it.
Did you check out the MX package installer at any point? It's got flatpak integration, but I'm wondering if it's obvious for beginners.
I have no idea, I may have to give it another try.
Currently experimenting with atomic CentOS though, and rpm-ostree always wins