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Fedora is good, but the last time I tried using it it did not warn me about nvidia drivers and if I did not know of this I would keep using nouveau, which is something most new users probably don't want. It doesn't explain everything it is or isn't doing like Mint for example which asks you about updates, codecs and drivers. That's why I consider it easy to use whilst also not aimed at beginners.
Fair, the community is usually the one to help with that, when I did research before installing they told me that non free drivers like nvidia or broadcom would present an additional challenge and told me how to fix it, so I guess I knew going in and didn't consider people not doing that first.