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I have a solution to this I use. If asked I just tell people to use Kubuntu. You might pick a different distribution, I choose Kubuntu for a variety of reasons.
"What linux should I use?"
"Kubuntu".
No other options given or discussed.
It's my "official linux" even though I no longer use it personally.
Now you just have to do the same. Pick your own official linux that's going to be the only one you tell people to use in real life.
Maybe in a few years they'll decide to distro hop once they understand more, but right here and now they want one answer.
This is also the distro I tell others to use, it's what I started on and I enjoy Linux now.