@Sylkykat
And rumour has it that Windows 12 requires new HW with NPUs on the chip. @codemonkeymike

@linuxuser42
As long as your computer has standard, out-of-the-box supported HW that will work.
But if you need special drivers for your HW I wouldn't recommend basic #debian for a beginner. I had trouble installing SW for a Wifi chipset but succeeded in the end.
@thegardendude @codemonkeymike

@desantis
If you want to try and download different linux distros you don't need to write each image to an USB stick to run one distro.
Just install #Ventoy on it, put the images on that stick and select the one to test after booting from the #Ventoy stick.

@thegardendude @codemonkeymike