You found the appropriate technical way of conveying my approach haha! I prefer Debian on my “servers” because it feels (to me) stable and minimal and usually has just what I need to run the few self-hosted apps I use.
Whereas the Zorin installs I use are for my gaming usage and what I want to use when I need something “easy to use” and “easy to fix”. I don’t want to feel like I’m stuck troubleshooting when all I want to do is game.