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Linux, people. Linux.
Suggest Pop!_OS for the fearful.
Mint, I think you mean Mint.
I realize Linux distros inspire arguments on the level of which rule set is the best rule set for D&D. As such, everyone is right, and no one can really prove anyone else wrong no matter how long they choose to argue. Unless we’re discussing the awfulness of 4.0 of course.
Indeed. I think the inevitable discussion about best distro, which always comes up in this context, is more hurtful than constructive, since it may end up confusing and scaring away potential Windows-defectors.
The point is to get them to try out linux and get a taste for it, and only when they have become comfortable with the concept and realised it is not so scary of a change that some people claim, should they begin to consider which distro is right for them.
sorry, what is Linux? I've never heard of it
It's a German laundry detergent brand.
Don't most Linux distributions not enable full disk encryption by default? How would that have improved the situation in this case?
While it's rarely by default (I actually don't know any that do by default but), it is usually a simple checkbox during the installation. And a provided password, of course.
Arch for the chads (and authors of future 'Help my Linux Broke' OPs)