I’m not a beginner anymore, but I’m much less interested in technical tinkering for its own sake than I used to be. These days I just want my computer to work properly without too much intervention from me.
I’ve been using Kubuntu for a number of years, but I’m also hearing increasing complaints about how Canonical is running things. I don’t think I’m ready to switch to a new distro yet, but it wouldn’t hurt to know what’s out there.
Is Kubuntu still a good choice for an “it just works” KDE-based distro, or has it been surpassed?
I hear good things about Manjaro. It’s based on Arcj, but preconfigured and user friendly. Although I have also heard of dependency problems when using the Arch User Repository, due to Manjaro being a bit behind Arch.
If you like Ubuntu, but not what Canonical is doing, then Linux Mint is what you’re looking for. That’s how it was born. There is a KDE flabor of it too!