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A list of beginner friendly distros I would recommend to my friends if I had any.
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GNOME

For GNOME I picked Fedora because it offers a vanilla GNOME experience and is frequently updated while remaining rock-solid.

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elementaryOS

Pantheon, the elementary desktop, is only shipped by the guys over at elementary, so that choice was quickly made.

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Cinnamon

Linux Mint ships a great Cinnamon desktop. It has a Windows-y look, so it is very easy to learn for new users. It's also built on Ubuntu LTS, so stability isn't a problem.

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KDE Plasma

For Plasma I picked KDE Neon. It is straight from the KDE developers without customization. It features the newest KDE packages while being built on a stable Debian base.

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I would, however, not recommend KDE to beginners. Plasma is prone to break for people who don't know what they are doing. If you're going for the Windows look, consider Cinnamon.

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