Where’s the difference to other distros for this?

I know people will disagree, but the correct answer to “I’m new, what distro would you recommend” is Mint. No list required.
It’s a capable, easy to start with, general purpose distro that works like Debian, one of the Linux gold standards, under the hood.

It has its flaws, but it gives you a fully functional system with everything an average user can expect from Linux, by clicking “Next” a couple of times. And it’s never really the wrong option no matter what you want in a desktop system, freeing newcomers from the overwhelming options that are out there.

So use Mint until you know which distro fits you better.

I get why you’d buy a T-Shirt that says “Debian” on it, but why in the world would you buy one that says “Debian 11”?

Do you exclusively use Thinkpads?

By pouring water over a laptop that’s been forgotten in a corner of the basement for 20 years?

Creators put up blinking pop-up windows asking for more donations

Fuck…

That’s an interesting question, PP_BOY

No one forced you to comment.

Bernie

How about someone who isn’t over 80 years old?

Donnie Darko

I don’t know if that counts, but on a fresh default Debian Stable system, my cat walked across the keyboard and the DE crashed.
I could still switch to another TTY and reboot via command line.
After the reboot, I was greeted by a blinking cursor and nothing else. Had to reinstall.