#Linux distros for normal people, 2026 edition. i want a chromebook, but linux. I dont want to look under the hood ever. nixbook I want it to work and not think too much about it. i use a couple of popular/basic apps like chrome, a word processor, maybe steam. ubuntu or mint cinnamon. (honorable mention: fedora) I want a little more handholding at the cost of making it harder to deviate from the list of ~200 apps I can install. bazzite. I want it to run faster. some jank is okay. MX linux Xfce (looks a bit 1990s, built on debian). (good for pre-2015 PCs) I don't care if it breaks. it should be cool and fast. cachy. (LxQt if you want SPEED.) source: used all of these