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I made the switch to Linux just some days ago, and landed on bazzite. It is fairly idiot proof with an option to roll back the entire system and is generally focused on gaming and ease of use.
So far i am having a blast, almost everything works right out of the box, and the things that didn't were very minor and fixable with a bit of web search or asking on a relevant discord. I didn't have to use the dreaded CLI much either yet - maybe 4-5 times - and when I did, I just followed a step by step guide to do something.
My personal recommendation would be choosing gnome as the DE, going with plasma seems more logical coming from windows, but I find it a lot simpler getting used to the differences by using an entirely different ui than windows. Forming new mental pathways is easier than adjusting something practiced a particular way for years.
For reference: bazzite.gg
E: meant to reply to the guy asking for better choices
That's fair, although personally I would still recommend KDE. KDE is only superficially windows like - it's highly customisable so you can switch the GUI up. The windows GUI is also successful for a reason so it's good to have it as one option - you don't have to sacrifice a basically good GUI when you leave windows. (Microsoft constantly seems to want to tinker with it but then has to reintroduce the basics as that's what people like - such as the latest nonsense with Windows 11). But with KDE you can also recreate other GUIs with relative ease (even most of Gnome).
Personally I find GNOME too rigid and inflexible - it has a clear design philosophy which is good, but if you're not on board with that philosophy then it can be frustrating to use as they're so focused on that design philosophy. It's a take it or leave it DE in many ways, while KDE (and many other DEs) offers more choice and flexibility.
All good points, I also read somewhere that KDE has slightly better performance. Maybe I'll make the switch eventually too, but for now I am very happy and am discovering desktop computers all over again. Perhaps gnome is a good starting point for linux, with fewer, more streamlined options. And the new ui factor I mentioned, which was ultimately the deciding point for me