In the last 2 years a lot has happened. I suggest you try PopOS or Fedora. I switched from Windows to PopOS 2 years ago on my main PC. There is a learning curve but if you want to know how something works a search of “how to do thing PopOS” or “how to do thing Ubuntu” gives quick results. PopOS is similar to Ubuntu in many ways but way nicer in others.
You can create communities and spread the word about their existence.