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Linux Mint for everyday users, Pop!OS for gamers, OpenSUSE or Manjaro for thechy people with already good windows skills.
Why not Ubuntu? I don't trust Canonical. They're a bussiness, and they made several questionable decisions in the past.
So are Linux Mint Ltd, System76, Manjaro GmbH, and SUSE S.A., btw.
I agree with you 'questionable decisions' remark but if you want to go to an option by an organization that's not a business, you don't have that many choices in the Linux mainstream.
Debian, perhaps?
Personally, I think Fedora is the best choice for beginners because of good corporate backing but if being run by a business is a no-go, Debian is probably the next best thing.