If main focus is deliverability and encryption plus privacy

You can try with mailbox or posteo with email, and self host etesync for calendar

I was thinking ab this being april fool bcz it’s posted on 1st…

I would say Fedora workstation if you hate the idea of getting arch-like distros but Manjaro if you just dislike the daunting procedures to get your arch work

oh noo im gonna die because i use arch