Xubuntu doesn't have the flashy mass market appeal. For power users its great due to its low footprint, but if I was trying to sell Linux I'd show them Cinnamon

Xubuntu doesn't have the flashy mass market appeal. For power users its great due to its low footprint, but if I was trying to sell Linux I'd show them Cinnamon or Zorin or KDE, and maybe Gnome, because they all have eye candy and the first three work a lot like Windows (albeit KDE is a lot more powerful than the rest in that regard and would probably scare newbies off).