Never used #linux before but I'm gonna turn a Microsoft surface 3 pro into a #bitcoin node for a friend. Do y'all recommend #debian ? #ubuntu ? Something else?

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Ubuntu or fedora are good options

Ubuntu is a good start. I personally like Manjaro, but this might take a little bit more detail configuration from time to time.

Debian for stability, or linux mint debian edition. But I would reccommend opensuse or alpine.

Sounds like a great plan ☺️

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Opensuse is quite good though, alpine is small and light but not so much ior starters as not many things work out of the box. Is your device a server or a laptop? Haven't heard of many microsoft hardware products.

Laptop

Ubuntu, easiest to install, run and get going

#Debian is know to be stable but it come with old softwares package

#Ubuntu is based on the code of #Debian, so the two are very similar, but #Ubuntu use more updated packages sometime and offer better drivers supports

There are other differences, but for your purpose, i would suggest #Ubuntu

Thank you