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I know there’s a meme and I have been downvoted to shit for arch…
I think any popular Debian/redhat derived distro (mint counts) is a great introduction to Linux.
However, I didn’t really learn Linux until I installed arch. It wasn’t as… stable… as it was now. And learning how to deal with the instability helped a LOT.
Without that dive, things that could really get you down the path is trying to make Linux work for you: change the gui to your liking, and learn to use terminal.
That gets you into X/sway/DM/WM/etc. there’s plenty to learn there
It depends on what you want from your OS. I just want it to work. I don't have to know every detail of what's under the hood. And I never do a lot of customising. So for me, Mint is perfect. If you want to have control over everything and know how everything works, Arch is great.
Oh. Desktop user? Servers are a particular hobby of mine, so…..
Maybe they don’t need to walk my path. I considered Linux From Scratch but haven’t had the time to dedicate