I got my son a laptop for school. (Refurb T490s!) He's not super technical but, after watching his mom struggle with windows, he wants Linux. Here's the question. Do I install Ubuntu since most Linux software works with it and it's easy to admin or do I install something else? (I run Debian and BSD on my personal machines.) Thanks! #linux#distros#question
@ipxfong I no longer recommend Ubuntu for new Linux users for... multiple reasons
Debian is pretty solid and approachable with a simple GNOME desktop and compatible with a lot of stuff...it does pretty good with #Steam games and if Debian packages don't exist for what you want #Flatpak is much better than Ubuntu Snaps.
Another solid choice would be @elementary as it has a very approachable desktop environment and app support and @danirabbit has done some great work with it.
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