Indeed. While I like Ubuntu, with Unity, my friend prefers Linux Mint. With some research, users can find a flavor they prefer.
Zorin and Zorin Lite are also nice distros for the Linux beginner as I have installed for a few looking to change. Zorin Lite is good for older computers that are lighter on hardware but still able to be used for basic computing, web browsing. I’ve tried many different distros and there are many good ones out there and it just comes down to personal preference.
CGato
My bias is that there are probably more similarities than differences. At the end of the day you’re down to a linux kernel, a GUI environment (KDE, Gnome, XFCE), a collection of software that all works together, a package manager (Yum/DNF and RPM or the Debian equivalents) and some glue scripts that bring the system up and down. To my way of thinking there are only so many basic ways you can mix or match all of things.
When I’m working on Fedora or working on Ubuntu with Gnome3 shell it feels pretty much the same to me except that I do dnf install on one box and apt-get install on another.
That’s how it feels to me anyway.