Best distro to introduce someone to Linux?

>>55674168
OpenSUSE or Fedora. Yes, really.

>>55674168
>I'm thinking Ubuntu or Mint.
As a windows user, I asure you they'll only care about desktop.

Mint with Cinnamon.
There is no need to scare them off with a rpm based distro, enterprise grade or unstable.

>>55674168
If people start to avoid you, don't wonder why

>>55674293
This is probably true. I'm not too familiar with it but I'll look it up.

>>55674344
Don't worry, I think I have my autism under control. I will not be forcing them to try it or anything.

>>55674293
Yeah, better scare them off with a distro that eats itself from the inside out instead.

>>55674168
Well, Mint isn't impressive at all too. Maybe Manjaro?

Unrelated but I will ask here.

I want to get into Linux and I'm thinking of trying out Arch. It seems very interesting and I will learn a lot from it. Is this a good idea or should I go with something else? I want to be able to use the terminal a lot. That's what interests me with it.

>>55674168
Arch

>>55674469
Perfect choice if that's what you want it for. You can obviously use the terminal in any distribution, but going without a set DE is the best way. Gentoo/Funtoo is also a good choice if you want bit of a challenge, but arch is probably more user friendly due to the wiki and not having to compile things.

FreeBSD

>>55674168
Debian stable with Gnome 3.
Seems like the middle point.

>>55674655
Ah, thanks for the info. Any tips or a DE you would recommend? XFCE seems nice, but I don't know too much.

>>55674739
I'd personally make your own by choosing all the programs and the WM yourself. Openbox is great for beginners.

>>55674733
Damn, didn't even think about Debian. That's probably a good option.

>>55674201
Not Fedora. Gnome is a laggy piece of shit, mostly on laptops. It runs like pure shit on my laptop. I swear Unity is even faster than it.

>>55674759
Ohhh that sounds interesting. Probably doing that. Seems like it will add a lot of research time though. Guess there is a guide for it if it gets overwhelming.

Peppermint is really nice and normie-friendly.

macOS

>>55674168
>Not Elementary or anything that won't teach them anything or impress them at all. I'm thinking Ubuntu or Mint.
>not trash1, I'm thinking trash2 or trash3

For sure they will be impressed by the incompetence of canonical and the mint team

>>55674168
mx-15