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Linux distro for noob
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I'd suggest AntiX, as it's great for crappy hardware and a personal favourite of mine, but seeing as I chose Mint for my first distro that stayed installed more than a day, after I broke AntiX and couldn't figure out what I even broke or how to fix it... (don't ask who recommended that as a beginner distro to my clueless self...) yeah. Mint. Maybe go with XFCE or something rather than Cinnamon, modern DEs take up a lot of resources on an already chugging shitbox.
I support the antix project for sure, but non-systemd can be a lil tough. Not that other init systems are inherently more difficult, just systemd is far more standardized/widely used and that helps with troubleshooting.
In general, following as many standards and defaults as you can is helpful when learning. Debian, Ubuntu LTS, RHEL, SUSE, and ~~anything~~ most things derivative of them. All get a person used to a certain set of commands and software, all have sane defaults, and all are stable.
Yep. Standards are definitely useful. Stick to the standards. If you don't know enough to know why you'd want something counter to the standard thing, then you don't need to be messing with that thing.