Hello!
I’ve bought new parts and I am awaiting their arrival so I can build my brand new computer. I’ve decided to go for Arch Linux with KDE plasma or perhaps Gnome as my desktop environment but that’s as far as I’ve come.
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Xw4sRv
I figured I would ask the community if they have any tips or suggestions, thanks!
I disagree. Over the past few decades many of us have seen friends try out Linux and then leave it be, and one of the common reasons is the complexity of doing various tasks. Of course figuring out things is part of the fun, and I hope that a lot of people will do so, but if things don’t work out of the box, that can be really frustrating. And people are busy. They might want to mess around with their Linux box, but this might not be the time to do it.
That all being said, I think many of the popular distros today are designed reasonably well for new users, compared to the much more adventurous landscape we had 20 years ago.