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The distro I find easiest to recommend to folk in my life looking to move to Linux is the distro that I'm using/most familiar with, because it makes it easier to help them out if they run in to an issue.
I use CachyOS, and previously, I was trying to support Mint etc, but having zero experience with the way the way Mint handles packages, with its default apps, update process etc, I found myself having to research an OS I don't use, and offer 2nd hand advice. I moved them over to CachyOS, and even though technically, it's not as beginner friendly, my day to day familiarity with it meant that it was easier to help out when troubles arose.
I'm currently in the inverse situation - was an active Mint user, but I'm running into gaming-related roadblocks due to Mint's update philosophy, so I might be jumping to CatchyOS.
This might be the push I need to move my 7 terabyte drives to Linux, God that's gonna be a full day thing I can see it now