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What is the alternative to Ubuntu (lets pretend snap doesn't exist) if recommending someone a distro where you don't need to use the CLI to install apps?
Unfortunately there are many apps that can't be found on flathub/discover.
Linux Mint is always the better Ubuntu.
Out of curiosity, what apps were you unable to get from the repository that can't be found in discover/software/whatever?
Those apps are front-ends for the OS's package manager so as long as it's in the repository, it should be in there.