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Elementary OS, Void Linux, Deepin, Antergos and Tails are a few notable ones off the top of my head. Void has been around for a minute but has become a lot more popular recently.

Elementary is Ubuntu trying to be OSX. Deepin and tails are Debian. A Tetris is Arch.

Void is it’s own thing and xbps was really good when I used it. But since the thing where the one guy with sole control over their resources disappeared, and then losing their domain, and not having a distinct legal entity/org behind it last I checked... I dunno about longevity here despite the project being 10 years old already.

Elementary is great, I'm using it on my spare laptop and I have only one complaint and it's the removal of the wingpanel indicator without implementing a proper replacement.

Void started in 2008

I haven't switched to it as a distro, but I've been defaulting to nix's package manager on top of whatever distro I am actually running.

Check out Calculate Linux.

Solus and Elementary come to mind, though I agree I'd hardly call it a Cambrian Explosion.