There are also constant updates, news, and general community chatter that muddy the waters even more, making the process much less of a direct route. However, there are a couple of questions that you can ask yourself in choosing a distribution that help clear things up. It's also important to remember that there usually isn't a wrong answer. Every distribution is good. Sure, running Arch on your enterprise scale production deployment probably isn't the best idea, but it's still technically possible. It's all about picking a distribution that fits around that sweet spot of what you want and need.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-choose-the-best-linux-distro