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this post was submitted on 11 Sep 2023
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Zorin is a solid beginner Distro, and should work well for the tasks you listed.
If you've never used linux before, personally I would recommend Linux Mint Cinnamon edition, for the main reason being it has by far the nicest, most polished appstore of any distro, which I think is an important feature for new users.
However, Zorin has a cool feature with the ability to change the style of the interface to mimic other OS's, and the default themes look cooler than Mint's.
Both would serve you well. ExplainingComputers on youtube does a good in depth video on both distros.
I've had a few people mention mint. I'll definitely give it a look. Probably try and dual boot on my current rig and poke around a bit. I have a little experience with Linux but nothing major and the options are a bit overwhelming.
I greatly appreciate the yt recommendation though. I'm always looking for solid sources of info and am happy to do more research once I have a little direction. Thank you kindly :)