installed fedora once, and it crashed and bricked for no apparent reason, and the same with KDE WM
I would say it depends on what you like and where you want to go with your Linux experience.,
there are far two many options, ubuntu is up to date with latest software and stable.
the other distros will have outdated but tested software to make sure the system is stable.
fedora > redhat > centos > suse = RPM's without concern for dependencies, not up to date software
Debian and derivatives = Debs, signed packages with dependencies included mostly. debian stable outdated software but derivatives are up to date with software and usually stable.
and then you have your windows managers to choose from as in gnome or kde, xfce, e17, mate, cinnamon, openbox ..... etc etc
Archlinux - Independent you build from the ground up using terminal so this distro will really help in gaining the most experience with linux and its underlying system.
and then there is BSD which is not linux but more like unix
good source for all of the available distros > distrowatch.com