I still simply think it's terrible to recommend Arch Linux of all things to new users. Big fan of Arch, I think its issues are wayyyy blown out of proportion by some people (especially nowadays - it's gotten way easier), but I do not encourage non-techy people or complete newbies to go into Arch expecting it to just work and go totally fine the first time. I've been using Arch for a couple years now off and on - it's always the long term that gives me issues, almost never the install. In fairness, a lot of those issues are simply me getting irritated because I don't clean the system regularly, but there can be very real issues if you just... update every day/week and think you can ignore other system maintenance. I mean realistically the biggest issue with this stuff is that like almost everyone going out of their way to talk about Linux online is like incredibly far removed from the concept of the casual computer user - I make that same mistake all the time, and it also frustrates people. Like the average computer user has no idea how to even access their computer BIOS, let alone install and configure Linux or a dual boot system
I always tell people Arch is easy - kinda like SirCode is saying about CachyOS - but when I'm saying that, I'm saying it to the person that went out of their way to look into "what is linux" and will continue to go out of their way to read documentation, to troubleshoot things, and to be a little patient
The worst thing you can do is set it up to function and look exactly like Windows. It's not going to work and it's going to result in frustration.
There needs to be a clear line that it is different and you have to treat it differently, or you're going to get a call asking you something like "how do I run an .exe"
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