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There's dozens of distros of Linux, and they're all pretty good. (A handy skill to develop would be getting comfortable with installing and trying news ones -- because then you don't have to feel stuck.)

I've heard Linux Mint is an easy choice for beginners hoping to get comfortable and familiar with Linux.

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I second this advice. While I can safely recommend PopOS, Mint and Nobara ( specifically if you still want gaming ), they all have their own little quirks that will eventually make you want to improve upon. I started with PopOS and started developing opinions on systemd, grub, gnome and all sorts of things I would not think twice before.

That said, I would skip Ubuntu. It is trying to be Windows a little bit too hard and it shows.

edit: And trying stuff in VMs makes it extra easy.

"A handy skill to develop would be getting comfortable with installing and trying news ones -- because then you don't have to feel stuck."

Great tip, thank you.

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