What are the easiest Linux distributions for Windows users to get acquainted with?

Simple and fast

Easy to install, very hardware friendly, nice desktop design and very stable.

Windows 95/XP/7 like interface, 4 great choices of desktops standard, I like XCFE for its lightness for older machines or speed on modern machines or for a win95 experience. Cinnamon is just a great Desktop, darn near perfect IMHO. Stable, well supported through great user groups, easy to install, newbies...

Great light weight, stable distribution. One of my favorites

I used this distribution on several machines, I never found it stable, not a fan of their standard UI, not recommended for older machines as it is resource heavy.

Really like this distribution, great for older machines, excellent performance, win95 like experience

Ubuntu is the biggest Linux distribution for a reason. I’m more of an Arch guy nowadays, but Ubuntu is familiar (based on Debian, my first distro) and it is by far the easiest Linux to get working out of the box. If a Windows user came to me asking for a Linux distribution to try, Ubuntu would be my first a...

Tends to run most windows Programs quite well, using the pre-installed 'PlayOnLinux' Application. Though, you may want to go into the advanced configuration to install the frameworks named '.NET' and the 'DirectX' related onesIf you are installing more modern, windows-only games.