Any distro will do. It will be a big step ahead of MacOS or windows already in terms of privacy. Once you know more, you can always move towards more niche ones

Any distro will do. It will be a big step ahead of MacOS or windows already in terms of privacy. Once you know more, you can always move towards more niche ones. I personally use Fedora on a ThinkPad T470/Dell Optiplex 7010, good mix of up to date software, stability and ease of use.