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CachyOS?
I am a cachy user, and this is the worst possible advice. Arch based distros are not for brand new Linux users.
If someone has the competency to format a bootable USB Drive, potentially go into BIOS and change boot order and turn off SecureBoot, there is a basic level of computer literacy that exists. Pair that with KDE which is basically just the windows interface, Octopi and Cachy Update, where do don’t even need to run any console commands and just input your password. The ideas that Arch is scary and too complex are dated at this point with how some of these modern distros are packaged.
I get where you're hinting at and its difficulty is definitely overblown in the sense that some newbies may actually thrive on Arch. Thus, if anything, I'd propose that (very) eager-to-learn newbies should perhaps even consider Arch.
However, as long as this convoluted mess continues to be the expected 'workflow' for updates^[Let's not ignore that Arch expects you to update regularly.], Arch can not be considered beginner-friendly.
By contrast, a distro like Bazzite just defaults to care-free^[To be fair, if you've layered anything, then that might have compromised the integrity of upgrades. That being said, it's a minor concern that mostly seems to be affect major system updates only. So that would mean you'd have to pay a bit more attention once every 6 months or so. Which, at least IMO, is very sane. And -again- only applies if you've actually layered stuff. It's smooth sailing otherwise] auto-updates in the background; a pattern every noob recognizes from their phones.