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Fedora Silverblue if your wanting security and a "it just works" experience.
Linux Mint Debian Edition if you want stability and a traditional/familiar environment.
Vanilla OS Orchid should be a nice in-between once it releases.
It's probably been said, but Ubuntu or one of its variants is really the easiest way to go. Canonical has devoted a great deal of effort to making things easy and intuitive, and a complete novice should be able to get a fully functional system set up within 15 minutes.
You know, as much as people here say they aren't happy with it, I haven't seen any specific complaints that detail the problems. What bad change does windows 11 even make from windows 10?
Not saying I don't see problems with windows, there are... A lot. But what are the new problems with windows 11?
Edit: to the people downvoting as if you disagree with me: I'm literally asking a question because I don't know much about windows 11. I am not trying to make any kind of statement for or against windows 11, I just don't know what the current flavor of bullshit is and wanted to.
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Ubuntu, mint, pop os, and Manjaro are all good options IMO for new new people
version 6.6.10 is not bad, working great for me
Zero experience = ignore standard Distributions
Fedora Kinoite from ublue.it
So much stability and reliability, while modern packages. Just using Debian or Mint (Ubuntu LTS with an outdated Desktop and opinionated theming) is not a solution for a good experience, as you need updates.
Btw I broke every other Distro before, so I ended up on Fedora Kinoite
I plan to do the same. Since all I do on my PC is play Steam games, I was thinking of going to SteamOS. No idea if that's even a good idea though.
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