To be honest you are in the right place already. If you take the first step and install Mint, Fedora Kinoite or something similar on the laptop, there are many people here who would be willing to offer you support for free here on Lemmy.
You won't find a lot of support IRW/IRL though as many companies are still sleep-walking in the Windows world.
You will however need to take some steps for yourself. If you're willing to get over that first hurdle, you will almost certainly find someone here to help you with any problem you have (including installation).
So, I’m an all-around Bazzite fan, but it does have a bit of an odd learning curve. It’s easy to use for a beginner, child, or grandma. However, if you’re used to fiddling with your system, it might be a little harder to get into because you have to navigate the immutable nature of the OS, which can complicate some online tutorials and potentially lead to frustration for an intermediate/experienced user migrating from Windows.
So my suggestion would be:
Child - Bazzite
Grandma - Bazzite
Gamer - Bazzite
Experienced Windows user - Fedora or Mint, then once you’re used to Linux, Bazzite
Developer - Bazzite
I personally use the Gnome version. It's really polished and pretty.
Not specifically a joke, but more intended to make thought processes skip a little and to amuse:
My friend: "Didn't they teach you grammar at school?"
Me: "no, she didn't go there."
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..and, if anyone ever tells me to check my pronunciation, I snap back quickly and say it should be pronOUNCEiation, while acting as serious as possible.
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In around 20 years I have gotten about 30 blank stares and one giggle, once. It was completely worth it.
Haven't personally the need to connect tv boxes remotely- all of my mobile devices are handheld, so cell phone, laptop, steamdeck etc, all of which have pretty seamless wireguard clients, but I don't see a reason why it wouldn't work with the correct Wireguard client installed on a tv box. The only issue might be really old android versions.
KRYTON