with respect, have you honestly tried desktop linux? what do you consider about it difficult?

that would be awesome. i assume youve tried foss alternatives to adobe apps. they arent as good usually (ofc), but still great for most uses imo, unless u are doing stuff proffessionally i suppose

if your looking for something super beginner friendly, i would reccomend Mint (ubuntu based). if you want something slightly more work to learn, then EndevourOS (arch based, similar to manjaro), because it has Pacman and the Arch User Repository. both have good support and community, and many editions (different desktop environments preconfigured), i would recommend KDE or maybe Cinnamon (better for Mint), though it is not as big of a choice as distro (you can change DEs). KDE has a lot of awesome features out of the box, so its a great choice for beginners

as always, Microsoft is the biggest advertiser of Linux

so similar to current, except for the ‘expert’ part

copy the old one verbatim (it is flawless)

/s ←←

with your help, he can get through this! never give up!

ive tried a bunch and jerboa is the only one with the features i like. eternity is nice too

finally a serious answer

ehh, i like the idea of epaper.

thanks

its a very simple answer!

against google/chromium monopoly.

happens to the best of us

You have no option but to steal

(from the post title)

this implies welfare is stealing

i guess it depends on how your going to use it, how big your drive is, etc. many would suggest buying a thinkpad or whatever to get away from apple. if youve got enough space on your drive (maybe extra 100GB or more), all files backed up, i would personally recommend a dual boot, so everything is on the same machine. i think hardware&installation is a big hurdle for new linux users. if your planning on distro hopping, you can create a home partition which can be kept between distro installation, so you dont have to remove all your files when reinstalling

imo mint is still a great option for beginners. i would also recommend endevouros if you want something arch based that just works, but its not as great for absolute beginners. i could find some tutorials for mac dual booting, so i would assume its pretty similar to dual booting on windows, which is pretty easy to set up. its annoying to switch back and forth tho

have you tried a real distro like Arch™?

/s… thats unfortunate. i know linux isnt for everyone

which distros? just curious