It was in the context of your reply to Penti’s point:
”The big gamechanger was when I switched from NVIDIA to AMD Graphics.”
Suggesting that onboard meant AMD. I misunderstood. 
Indeed, I’ve been thinking to move on to a systemd-less distribution for a couple of months now. Already tested AntiX on an old laptop. I’ll give Devuan a try as well.
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Not sure which types of users you mean but I generally always and still recommend distrowatch, with its beautiful Web1.0 interface.
Maybe start here: https://distrowatch.com/search.php?ostype=Linux&category=Beginners
I’ll refrain from fanboying my favorite environment.
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Do we need another thread on car makes or should we discuss that right here? It is both far off from SFOS and will in no way help anyone.
I personally like Saab.
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I also liked Saab, but I’m afraid the marketing I worked on killed the brand …
The ultimate privacy machines I have are Thinkpad 220s running plan9 and haiku os.
For a linux, well, I use mint, gentoo, arch, a really old LFS in the shape of Dynebolic. And Devuan. But the mint box is the one I’m typing on.
And Frisbee. You can daily drive Freebsd (or NetBSD) if you have time.
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Nederlands moving to Linux with forked NixOS… hope this momentum continues and picks up speed…
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NixOS is awesome! Really love that system.
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I cannot watch a youtuber who puts on this stance & face to promote their content 
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it’s not a bad channel.
You know what, you’re right. I was being facetious. Something about the flag in the background together with the face rubbed me the wrong way.
I actually watched him before, for KDE related stuff.
All hail Linux!
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Personally, I wouldn’t put much emphasis on the distro itself. I do know that there are a billion distros out there, and every distro has something special about it. But for the 95% of (typical) computer users, such differences do not make or break their computing experience. A desktop environment may, can, or will make or break one’s experience, however.
That’s why I agree with others on KDE. I see KDE as a very good candidate for a Linux (novice) user, especially who’s coming from Windows. It feels at home, looks really nice, is forgiving on system resources, and is customizable to a great extent. GNOME is cool, but it can feel too clunky at first, and I personally do not like it, even though I have extensively used Windows and macOS in the past. Pro tip: if you want to experience (almost all) desktop environments and distros in one place, distrosea is a very cool website
But yes, times do change, and I don’t see GNU/Linux as a private OS, unless it doesn’t use systemd, among other PC usage habits. It was fishy before, but now, with all ID verification talk going around, it’s even more fishy. That’s why I’m trying Artix Linux and MX Linux. Though I would recommend CachyOS (systemd) to a gamer, because it has a gaming reputation, special patches for gaming, and there’s a huge community of gamers, which might mean CachyOS users might experience less issues while gaming.
As for helping others transition to Linux, the hardest thing is to adapt and overcome obstacles (which you don’t know how to fix). So I always make sure to install Linux myself, and then iron out any post-install problems, as well as restore their browser profiles, applications, etc. It takes time, but it means their journey doesn’t have huge kinks, which could make them go shouting otherwise 
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