edit: Fedora it is then!
He will be running the AMD 9800 X3D w/ RX 9070 XT, B850 motherboard.
I am deciding between either Fedora (probably KDE) and Bazzite (also KDE), but I’m not sure whether an atomic distro would be better/worse for a newbie.
As far as I understand, atomic distros can be easily rolled back after an update, but you are unable to use apt/dnf/etx, you need to use Flatpak, I think. Would that be limiting for the average user? Also, does Bazzite have better driver support for newer AMD hardware compared to Fedora?
I had to use an AMD provided script to get Mint to work with my ryzen AI 9 370, as the system couldn’t drive the built in graphics
First boot had to happen with the “nomodeset” ( no [graphics] mode set[ting]) or it couldn’t do any graphics, the screen went black as soon as it got out of the initial text mode
So no, Mint isn’t great with very new equipment