Stupid Questions Thread

Mint or Ubuntu for babby's first linux?

I've used Ubuntu for years, and I'm installing linux for a friend
is Mint easier to use? I don't know much beyond Ubuntu

>>57088125
1) Maybe. It depends.
2) Hopefully, just an encrypted connection to one server and nothing else
3) Yes

>>57089003
Ubuntu MATE. The only advantage of Mint is it includes all proprietary codecs and drivers which you can download during the installation of Ubuntu anyway. Although it's really a personal preference. I prefer regular Ubuntu myself.
To add to this, other baby's first Linux distributions could be: elementary, ZorinOS, openSuse, PCLinuxOS.
>>57088125
1. Depends on what you want out of it.
2. They see that you've connected to a VPN, but don't see which sites you're visiting. Everything is encrypted.
3. Yes

>>57088125
>Should I get a paid VPN service?
I don't know.

>What does my ISP see if I use a VPN?
They see that you're using a VPN, and a lot of encrypted gibberish.

>Can my VPN provider see what I'm doing?
If you're using ssl (E.G. https instead of http) or Tor, Then the VPN provider also sees an encrypted stream of gibberish.
If you're using otherwise-unencrypted plain text, the VPN provider can see it, assuming they're even interested.

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