What exactly is an OS to you? All distros are operating systems because they ship all the tools and utilities need for the system to function (on top of a package manager).

The fact that the KDE devs didn’t write that code themselves doesn’t disqualify it from being an OS.

KDE neon is what they’re selling

They’re not the ones with their genetic data for sale on the dark web though…

Oh no, anyway

Boots into snapshot

There are no wrong answers, don’t listen to people saying “this is better” or “do it this way”. Maybe it’ll help, but maybe it’ll make you not like the community. If that’s the way you feel, just do whatever you need to to get something to work.

There’s a lot of choice, so make a choice and stick to it, but at the same time be open to change.

Also make backup of your data