Well the choices are myriad, but Ubuntu and Mint are quite popular and are intended for the typical desktop user. Mint is essentially the same as Ubuntu, but with some additional packages that Ubuntu won't include. I generally recommend Mint to new users.
I started out with Red Hat over 15 years ago. Red Hat Enterprise Linux is now intended for commercial use, mainly for servers. To ensure stability, it doesn't incorporate the latest changes and updates. If you want to use Red Hat without paying for support, you would use Centos which is exactly the same as RHEL, but free. What I use is Fedora, which is the test bed for RHEL. Fedora is probably not as stable as Ubuntu/Mint, but has better support for new software. I use Fedora primarily because I'm familiar with the Red Hat way of doing things, but it's also a reasonably good choice for new users.
The German SuSE Linux is another well-regarded distribution and would be my next recommendation. Debian is also highly regarded; Ubuntu is a Debian derivative.
With Linux, you can also choose your desktop environment. For Ubuntu and Fedora, GNOME 3.0 is the default DE, but its design is similar to Windows 8.0 and widely disliked, even among users who like GNOME 2.0. For that reason, I suggest using a different desktop; KDE, MATE and Cinnamon offer a more Windows 95-like appearance and better usability than GNOME 3.0. KDE is available on pretty much all the major distros.
You can compare Linux distributions on Distrowatch.
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