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For FFXIV specifically, you can use XIVLauncher.Core to manage the game, which was developed specifically for the Steam Deck, but works perfectly well on Linux distros. It has the option to use the Dalamud mod API, but you can (and probably should) disable it.
For a first distro, I would recommend Linux Mint. It's based on Ubuntu, but without many of its less popular features. It also has its own desktop environment, Cinnamon, which is not as customizable as Kubuntu et al's KDE Plasma, but very stable and a great entry point for Windows users. If you want to try an Arch-based distribution, Manjaro is probably the best for a new user. It has a good out-of-the-box config and a slower release schedule, which means less maintenance and lower probability for any single update to break your system. The Arch wiki is, in my opinion, the single best source of information for all Linux distros.