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I just saw pop recommended on this community. Its still got a ton of people who've had good experiences recommending it. But they might not know it now defaults to cosmic.
Pop is a great distro, but it is currently going through a transition. IMHO, recommending to anyone new is a mistake. It’ll create a bad image of the hard work the developers have been doing.
I agree and wouldnt recommended it either but ultimately the devs shouldn't be putting cosmic up just yet especially in the LTS. People will always recommend the most random shit when it comes to distros combine that with those dogshit listsites and AI new users should be encouraged to try multiple just to not have them getting stuck on one thinking its representative.