Noooooob here: As title said - I don't know what distro I should choose. My needs are student stuff like Libreoffice & Videoconferences but also creative things, photo-management and cutting videos. Does it matter at all? Do I have to check for every single program I use or is there a distro that is recommended?
I was planning on getting a Tuxedo with Tuxedo OS, but my neighbour recommended another "no os"-seller and now I'm not sure. I was opting for Tuxedo mainly because of the support since I'm leaving windows after many years^^
(Picture shows the lilac and blueish ports that we had for mouse and keyboard back "in my days" with the words "How old are you" - "Me:" on top - just because this community semmingly requires a picture added)
Debian or Ubuntu. 1st if you have some basic self-respect, latter if you're a corporation boot-licker.
All other distros are for those who know exactly what they want and why. And for kids who want to look like hackers from movies.
For the record, Ubuntu was originally made to be Debian with changes that made it easier to use. For first, Ubuntu was basically a form of Debian, but nowadays it has veered a bit away from it. Not very far, though. I just recently solved an Ubuntu problem using instructions written for Debian – but only after reading and understanding each command to be sure it won't explode anything!
And then there's Linux Mint, which is made from Ubuntu with changes that make it easier to use. And corporation boot-licking removed.
And Debian used to be in the end of 1990's what you used if you wanted ease-of-use, BTW! That's why it was taken as a base when they wanted to create something that is completely newbie-compatible.
Nowadays Ubuntu uses a graphical interface inspired more by Mac OS X than by Windows, although the important feature of menus being at the very top of the screen is missing, meaning that using menus takes more accuracy than just smashing the pointer to the top of the screen. If you are used to Windows and not familiar Mac OS X, then the user interface of Ubuntu has a learning curve while Linux Mint does not. If you have no experience with any graphical user interfaces at all, I would imagine Ubuntu's UI is easier to learn than that of Windows and Linux Mint, though! Ubuntu is extremely good for those who have lived under a rock. You seem like a person who has seen a computer before, though. I don't think you'd be on Lemmy otherwise.
man Desktop Environment.