NOTE: I AM ALSO A NOOBIE, I'M ADDING STUFF AS I LEARN TO HELP OTHERS
Distro: Ubuntu (planning to switch to Fedora in the future)
Desktop Enviroment: GNOME (planning to switch to Plasma in the future)The big 2 recommended to new people are Ubuntu and MintOS, as they're both extremely user and beginner friendly, however Pop_OS has begun to join them as the best starters.
The only big ones to avoid when starting out are Arch and Arch-based distros, as they are extremely complicated.
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