I direct newbies to Kubuntu; I've never had anyone struggle with using it - modern KDE is an incredibly intuitive experience - and any tech support is easy as t

I direct newbies to Kubuntu; I've never had anyone struggle with using it - modern KDE is an incredibly intuitive experience - and any tech support is easy as they're pretty much on stock Ubuntu. Honestly I think a lot of newbie gripes about "Linux" are just gripes about Gnome, sometimes quite justified ones.