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I didn’t find this link before, thanks! Yes, i was in doubt between maybe mint, fedora or popos, but my knowledge of linux stops about here ahah
Nothing against Fedora, but generally I'd steer a noobie to mint or popos before Fedora. It has been some time since I tried Fedora (years) but not very long since I've seen someone complaining about dependency/repo issues (which is where I always ran into problems with Fedora eventually)
Having said that, folks who don't run Arch tend to say it breaks far more often than it actually does, so my opinion on Fedora may be just as uninformed. (I don't run Arch BTW, but I do run a derivative.)