Yes. But also no snap, telemetry or other Ubuntu shitfuckery. It only just takes the good stuff from Ubuntu. Being based on Ubuntu is pretty great because is i

Yes. But also no snap, telemetry or other Ubuntu shitfuckery. It only just takes the good stuff from Ubuntu. Being based on Ubuntu is pretty great because is is allows access to the huge package ecosystem. Lot's of commercial software is (sadly) only targeting Ubuntu so you can just use the .deb without problems. Stock Debian is also a great choice (Ubuntu uses Debian as a base) but a bit harder to set up for beginners. (There is also a Debian based Linux Mint variant.) There are many good Distributions but strictly for beginner "I don't want to tinker" suggestions, the Debian-based ones are a safe choice, again because of the package ecosystem. (Though something like OpenSuse is also very friendly).