It’s primarily a server OS. Not every distro needs to be good-to-go for desktop/workstation/gaming/mobile use cases out of the box in order for them to be “easy”. This is a big part of why there are a huge basket of distros to choose from, many are for different focuses or specific purposes.
Maybe I’m on one about it because the last time I was on this subject someone was suggesting Debian for a young kids first computer to play Minecraft on. Debian is good for a lot of things, but not that, and when someone says any Linux distro is “easy” I think “someone who knows nothing about Linux can run it just fine” easy.
I think Debian would be fine for that unless you’re expecting the kid to install, set up, and administrate the system. Would be a good learning opportunity for a teenager though
Yeah. But for a kid who’s not going to give a shit about the difference between snaps and flatpak, just install mint or Ubuntu and call it a day. Unless you’re popping the hood and rifling around breaking things, they basically install and administrate themselves.
…consider the question, what is Debian for?
It’s primarily a server OS. Not every distro needs to be good-to-go for desktop/workstation/gaming/mobile use cases out of the box in order for them to be “easy”. This is a big part of why there are a huge basket of distros to choose from, many are for different focuses or specific purposes.
And I didn’t say Debian is only a server OS…
Maybe I’m on one about it because the last time I was on this subject someone was suggesting Debian for a young kids first computer to play Minecraft on. Debian is good for a lot of things, but not that, and when someone says any Linux distro is “easy” I think “someone who knows nothing about Linux can run it just fine” easy.
I think Debian would be fine for that unless you’re expecting the kid to install, set up, and administrate the system. Would be a good learning opportunity for a teenager though
Yeah. But for a kid who’s not going to give a shit about the difference between snaps and flatpak, just install mint or Ubuntu and call it a day. Unless you’re popping the hood and rifling around breaking things, they basically install and administrate themselves.