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I boarded my friend on arch and he took it like a champ. Beware, it has a very steep learning curve and needs patience. But otherwise, a more pre-configured distro is better. Cachy os, endeavour, or as much as hate to say, fedora.
The more important thing is the DE. I strongly suggest Plasma (kde).
Agreed. I installed kubuntu on my desktop today and I'm super happy with it. Not snaps etc but kde plasma feels like a cross between windows 7 and 10. Like you know it's not windows but it's close enough where you can pick it up. I'm used to openbox so it feels very different.
I forgot to mention the I DO NOT recommend ubuntu :)) but a start is a start.
I would recommend debian or MX linux instead.
I wanted more up to date packages in the "stable" branch of updates and less kernel updates (I already have a debian laptop using testing or unstable packages). It's fine. I'm just gonna yeet snap. I'm using it for ML and Data Science stuff for school work. I can easily explain Ubuntu to people.