Aside from Deepin, there's Ubuntu Kylin that is a spin of Ubuntu specifically for China. Ubuntu itself is commonly recommened for beginners, so you can't really go wrong with it.
As for specific programs, there is now an easy way to get most popular proprietary programs as "snaps" via the built-in store. An alternative, more techincal way of adding more software that's not in the repositories is by adding extra repositories called PPAs, manually.
Before installing anything you can create a "live USB" and run Ubuntu off a USB flash drive, poke around, and even install and try out some software. All without making any changes to your computer.
Aside from Deepin, there's Ubuntu Kylin that is a spin of Ubuntu specifically for China. Ubuntu itself is commonly recommened for beginners, so you can't really go wrong with it.
As for specific programs, there is now an easy way to get most popular proprietary programs as "snaps" via the built-in store. An alternative, more techincal way of adding more software that's not in the repositories is by adding extra repositories called PPAs, manually.
Before installing anything you can create a "live USB" and run Ubuntu off a USB flash drive, poke around, and even install and try out some software. All without making any changes to your computer.