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Try Ubuntu first, then go to more advanced distros if needed
Please, don't recommend Ubuntu. It actively gets in your way, even as a new user. Something like https://distrochooser.de/ could help OP figure out what distro works best for them.
I get that people don't like snaps, but how is Ubuntu "actively" getting in anyone's way?
With snaps and their weird approach to software management in general. I don't have any idea which mainstream distro with KDE I could recommend since Mint doesn't offer an official spin and Fedora doesn't have the same LTS release cycle as Ubuntu.
So I'm kind of at a loss here, as there don't seem to be sensible beginner distros anymore.
Codecs
That's U.S. patent law actively getting in your way, not the distros.
I assume this means "Ubuntu is known to distribute codecs that don't work well" but since you gave me practically nothing that's purely an assumption
I was recommended opensuse first lol. Good thing I found the solution.