Unfortunately Framework only ships to a limited amount of countries. They also prohibit commercial resale and even go out of their way to block parcel forwarders. So as a result, it's not available for ~90% of the world's population, so I wouldn't suggest it as a general recommendation for a global audience.
> I use Project Bluefin which I’ve found to be fantastic
Why Bluefin (Gnome) and not Aurora (KDE)? KDE is not only more familiar and easy to use for newbies (familiar Windows-like UI), it's also a lot more customisable, powerful (doesn't require a bunch of extensions to make it usable), and has much better support for Wayland.
> You can get Ubuntu pre-installed (I heard that’s the better choice over Fedora for Lenovo) and select from a few curated options
Not sure where you heard this from, but Ubuntu is possibly one of the worst Linux distros you could've recommended. It might work fine initially, but it will eventually break during regular usage/updates (generally due to Snap, or due to other Canonical shenanigans). Even if you disable Snap, there's a good chance it may break during a dist-upgrade. See: https://ounapuu.ee/posts/2025/02/05/done-with-ubuntu/ and the related HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42949222
> Framework machine with Fedora
Unfortunately Framework only ships to a limited amount of countries. They also prohibit commercial resale and even go out of their way to block parcel forwarders. So as a result, it's not available for ~90% of the world's population, so I wouldn't suggest it as a general recommendation for a global audience.
> I use Project Bluefin which I’ve found to be fantastic
Why Bluefin (Gnome) and not Aurora (KDE)? KDE is not only more familiar and easy to use for newbies (familiar Windows-like UI), it's also a lot more customisable, powerful (doesn't require a bunch of extensions to make it usable), and has much better support for Wayland.
> You can get Ubuntu pre-installed (I heard that’s the better choice over Fedora for Lenovo) and select from a few curated options
Not sure where you heard this from, but Ubuntu is possibly one of the worst Linux distros you could've recommended. It might work fine initially, but it will eventually break during regular usage/updates (generally due to Snap, or due to other Canonical shenanigans). Even if you disable Snap, there's a good chance it may break during a dist-upgrade. See: https://ounapuu.ee/posts/2025/02/05/done-with-ubuntu/ and the related HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42949222
"Email clients are trash, I don't care what anyone tells you" - huh? Thunderbird is exactly the same as on Windows, I'm confused. Do you like Outlook?