Finally making the transition from Windows to a Linux. I’m pretty sure it’s been asked several times but which Linux OS would you recommend a beginner to use? I’ve seen Ubuntu and Mint as a good start. Not looking to do much. Game here and there (not too worried about Linux compatibility), streaming, editing videos. If I break any rules. I’m sorry.
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[1], Arch can not be considered beginner-friendly.
By contrast, a distro like Bazzite just defaults to care-free[2] auto-updates in the background; a pattern every noob recognizes from their phones.
Let’s not ignore that Arch expects you to update regularly. ↩︎
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 ↩︎