edit: Fedora it is then!
He will be running the AMD 9800 X3D w/ RX 9070 XT, B850 motherboard.
I am deciding between either Fedora (probably KDE) and Bazzite (also KDE), but I’m not sure whether an atomic distro would be better/worse for a newbie.
As far as I understand, atomic distros can be easily rolled back after an update, but you are unable to use apt/dnf/etx, you need to use Flatpak, I think. Would that be limiting for the average user? Also, does Bazzite have better driver support for newer AMD hardware compared to Fedora?
Fedora is perfect for beginners. Stay away from immutable anything if you’re going to be helping support this.
I guess I will install Fedora for him then. What’s wrong with the atomic distros?
Lots of extra hoops. Not enough documentation or community for a beginner to get support.
fair enough