I believe that architecture is the most beautiful thing. The structuring of folders and files, brings you more robustness.

I think Xubuntu is the faster and smoothest ubuntu/linux distro so far. I used Linux for a number of years and I tried different ubuntu version but Xubuntu is the easiest and smoothest so far. From simple theme, background, UI customization and easy to use.

Xubuntu has an excellent community behind it, with lots of online help. It is easy to install and set up, and if/when you run into issues, troubleshooting and fixing them is straightforward due to the number of online resources in the community.