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  • Welcome to Linux! I have noticed that new adopters get paralyzed with the amount of choices that exist and ‘best’ choices are very subjective. If one has to ask what is the ‘best’ it usually means they are not very familiar with the Linux universe. In these case it is best to choose options that are popular so that there is a lot of community help. This means that if you run into trouble it is easier to find posts and suggestions if you use a popular distro. Note that ‘popular’ usually means that it is versatile and suits almost all of the general use cases. ‘Best’ usually means that the distro is tailored for one particular use case.

    I highly recommend using Debian. (You suggested Kubuntu which is also a favored option and is actually a derivative of Debian). Alternatively Mint is another beginner friendly distro that you can check out.

    Irrespective of your choice, you can do all the things that you mentioned (browse, code and game) pretty much out of the box. Gaming may require a bit more tinkering but definitely doable. There is a lot of community help on stack exchange should you require it.