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This is how I feel about installing Linux. It never gives you a basic/easy install guide. It's ways an r/restoftheowl situation
EDIT - A lot of these responses are proving my point. Very easy to understand instructions if you know computers and computer terms. Not so much if you don't.
Also, people saying Linux is easier to install than Windows, totally forgetting that most people don't install Windows, it comes pre-installed, so the comparison is irrelevant
2nd EDIT - For the record, took a test and it said to try OpenSuse, Kubuntu or Zorin OS.
Going to go for Zorin OS. So if anyone has a detailed beginner guide to installing this it would be much appreciated.
Have you tried to install arch or smth? Because otherwise i can't explain why you find it hard, as the other comment before me says, it's pretty easy
I've edited my comment to explain.
But to answer your question. No.
Honestly it's just a comment about 1 video I watched years ago. I didn't expect this much of a response. I'm planning in pitting Linux onto my old laptop as a test soon so hopefully it will go well.
Is arch an easy distro to use? I'm looking for something super simple to use. Also, is smth an acronym?
Nope, it's not very user-friendly but a great distro otherwise (and that's why there are so many others based on arch which aim to be more user-friendly)
Edit: i suggest Linux Mint or Cachy, if you don't like them i suggest to also try this quiz: https://beta.distrochooser.de/en
It's ofc not perfect but it suggested me some distroes that i actually do like so maybe it can work? Some people also told me that they were suggested distroes they like so it could work i guess
It's a shorthand for "something"
Thank you.
OpenSuse Kubuntu Zorin OS
Top 3 distros the quiz suggested
Worth noting that there really is not much point in using cachy over vanilla arch unless you have a zen 4+ cpu.
Although I often feel like I am in the minority for preferring arch over cachy.
Cachy is way easier to install, the installer offers a wide range of DEs and some other convenience stuff, it's totally different to tell a begginer to install Arch vs Cachy
Yeah I completely forgot that you can boot into cachy off of a usb