• Fecundpossum@lemmy.world
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    23 hours ago

    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.

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      23 hours ago

      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

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        23 hours ago

        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.