I use Debian on a regular basis and have for years, but I wouldn’t recommend it as the starting distro unless I knew that the user would have very ordinary hardware and no special software needs. It’s just annoying if you have to learn how to install Chrome, or your wireless drivers, for example.

It’s almost simple enough, but not quite, in my view. But if I were helping them get it installed, then after that they would probably be good to go.

Oh, my dear, Canada wouldn’t get any voting rights.

Many sites work best with NoScript because the anti AdBlock is done by JavaScript.

(Of course that doesn’t always work, but when it does, great.)

It must be difficult to know what to make of that kind of feedback. Some people value indirectness, others value directness, and many people value both, at different times. And then there’s the sexist aspect of some responders. Sigh.