Re: Distros specifically designed for children

On 2025-05-25, The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:

On 25/05/2025 12:10, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote:

A new Linux user want an
easy way to discover Linux.

>
Does he/she/it?
Really?
>

So I know why I choose something, a new
Linux user doesn't and don't want to care to discover Linux.

>
But you just said he/she/it *did* want to discover Linux.
>
My gut feeling from online chat is that people move to Linux mainly
because they are utterly pissed off with Windows. When they actually
quite liked Windows XP back in the day.
>
They choose distros like Mint because they get an installation that is
very easy to migrate to from windows, that works well on kit M$ no
longer supports,
>
They are not interested in  'discovering Linux'. They just want a
desktop computer that 'works like XP used to work'.
>

I myself wasn't interested in "discovering Linux" when I first tried it.
I just wanted a different system to Windows, not go down rabbit holes.

Linux Mint is what I recommend.  It works, its easy to use and pragmatic.