Hello, I got almost for free a Lenovo laptop: CPU Intel i3 8130, 4Gb RAM. I would like to use It to learn Linux. I saw some people using Arch to learn the inside out of Linux, but I’m afraid It could be to challenging. What do you suggest? What Is the best way to learn? Thank you. Edit: First of all I thank you all for your suggestions, I think that this is what makes this community special. I installed Fedora Xfce for now and I worked all evening to male it work and customize it. I’m learning a lot already. I’ll move to Arch as soon I’ll feel comfortable with Fedora. Thank you all again.
I never suggest this for brand new beginners because of the smaller user base and less “vanilla” docs when searching for stuff. The available customization can also be a bit overwhelming for some people that aren’t expecting it, though yes, the memory footprint will be lower as you mentioned.
You do make some good points here about available docs. I just had trouble running GNOME on a 4GB laptop.