Love the light on that shot! I hope you’ll keep going with the hobby!
Here are a few things:
Have fun, but beware! It’s a deep, deep rabbit hole.
Always love to see article of non programmer people using Linux or Emacs!
pfetch anyone ?
Yet another reminder that a billion dollar is an obsene amount of money and no one should own that much wealth and power.
Illegally smol
Welcome to the community!
Seconding all the previous comments recommending Linux Mint: since you come from Windows, you’ll probably feel most at home there. It is also possible to do all common tasks without ever opening the terminal.
Mint should run fine on any hardware, but to be most safe, try to use something that is at least 1-2 years old and stay clear from dedicated GPU as first (in particular Nvidia).
I’d also advise that the packaging situation for distributing software in Linux rn is somewhat messy. Thankfully, multiple format (apt, Flatpak) are directly available in the Linux Mint Software Center. In case you need to use some proprietary software (Chrome, Spotify, idk), you’d probably want to go with Flatpaks.
Aeon Desktops it is