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Why do people recommend cachyos as a beginner distro?
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Endeavour was the one I actually installed to my drive some years ago after spinning up a handful of “classic” recommended distros in a VM (Ubuntu, Mint, Fedora, etc).
It was recommended to me by a close family member who had used Linux for a while, but we’re both in IT/tech.
My SO, on the other hand, while quite intelligent and capable of troubleshooting absolutely detests having to touch the CLI or open their PC tower.
It heavily depends on the end user and what they want to do, not just what they’re capable of. Frustration isn’t limited to incapability.