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That’s why you gotta start kids off right. Perfect starter laptop is the 10 year old clunker running Mint.
Have seen multiple ones going back to Windows after years of Linux usage, usually those who saw Linux as not a tool, but a "hobby OS" to tinker with. The moment stuff became "way too easy", they left. (Also they're usually bigots, and didn't like the "trans coder" stereotype.)
That's weird. If they want an OS to tinker with, Windows is the worst option really. Why not Arch or Gentoo or NixOS?