I do not think Cachy needs a warning. The fact that you cannot answer their fist question is warning enough. And either you charge ahead, read the wiki, or bail.

The problem is having new users start on Cachy.

In the early days, Ubuntu did a tonne of marketing that they were “Linux for human beings” and every new Linux user seemed to choose them. I was already a Linux user and never really used Ubuntu but everybody else seemed to be having a decent experience.

It is too bad we do not have that today, with some distro getting the word out that it is the right place for “normal” people to start.

Like a lot of other people, I point people at Mint. It is not only user friendly but Llosa maintenance and fairly conservative in terms of change. I think those are good qualities for a “normal” person OS. But, if there was an obvious alternative, I would be happy aligning with “the one” that we collectively recommend.

I love the choice in Linux but it does suck that people coming from monocultures get hit over the head with it immediately.

When we see videos like this, it should start with him discovering that we all recommend the same one or two alternatives. A quick Google or ChatGPT should produce the same answers.