Siblings may not understand the question; or, more likely, there isn't an answer. I have "fixed" people's old computers all my life, and for the past 15 years o

Siblings may not understand the question; or, more likely, there isn't an answer. I have "fixed" people's old computers all my life, and for the past 15 years or so i've been doing it by installing linux or giving them an RPi. RPi isn't doable anymore, for $100 or whatever they cost now you can get a used elitedesk or something that's 3 times better in nearly every metric. I also prefer the maintenance load of a debian derived OS when i'm the person they call with issues. But to answer, my go to is either xubuntu or lubuntu for windows users, and kubuntu or mint for everyone else. Xubuntu first and lubuntu if for some reason Xubuntu wants to play stupid games (such as on elitedesks). There is some personal preference as to what makes a good "landing page", i think xubuntu's is a little better but they're both good (x and l ubuntus). Compare that to windows.com landing page, to contrast. But your average windows user isn't googling "which linux should i get" because generally they've never heard of or do not understand what "linux" is. they're googling "how do i fix windows" - and getting back "how to fix drafty windows" from a search engine powered by linux. It takes evangelizing, and sometimes straight chaotic good "i'll fix your PC" and installing linux on it. There goes 99.5% of all "normal" user problems! I've been using the *nix and linux since the mid 90s, and i still don't recommend anyone try it unless they're willing to sit on their PC and learn things. Sorry, not sorry. For the facebook/gmail/cnn/twitter browsers of the world, the three i listed above are just fine. edited to add: it's a pity that WUBI is no more (last i knew, at least) - that would be how i would evangelize it for people that had mostly empty windows machines just for browsing the web and maybe some cute games (samegame for instance).