So we can safely say that Ubuntu isn't for you :) The difference between Ubuntu and Kubuntu is about the DE and the preinstalled apps but otherwise they're the same.
I actually never had to bother with any codecs or even adding repositories to the package manager because I'm running Manjaro (not beginner friendly because it's a cutting edge distro)
For you I recommend Fedora , with Fedora you can easily add RPM Fusion which should provide you with all the software you want
For games outside of Steam you should use Lutris - what Windows programs did you wanna use on Linux? There are a lot of cross platform apps you should check out and there are also a lot of ways to run Windows programs on Linux
So we can safely say that Ubuntu isn't for you :) The difference between Ubuntu and Kubuntu is about the DE and the preinstalled apps but otherwise they're the same.
I actually never had to bother with any codecs or even adding repositories to the package manager because I'm running Manjaro (not beginner friendly because it's a cutting edge distro)
For you I recommend Fedora , with Fedora you can easily add RPM Fusion which should provide you with all the software you want
For games outside of Steam you should use Lutris - what Windows programs did you wanna use on Linux? There are a lot of cross platform apps you should check out and there are also a lot of ways to run Windows programs on Linux