Hi everyone — I have only the most casual Linux experience, and a Surface Pro 3 (low specs, 128gb HD and likely 4gb ram) running Windows 10 that I’m really not doing anything with. I would like to install a stable, easy to use version of Linux on it. I don’t really want to get into command line stuff, and plan on using it mostly for web browsing and LibreOffice/OpenOffice type stuff. I have heard good things about Mint, but any advice would be greatly appreciated!
ubuntu. you’re a beginner, you want things to just work and you need a touch-centric environment with good UI scaling OOB - mint is X11 and has neither of them things.
then once you figure stuff out, moving to e.g. fedora with stock GNOME and no snap crap will be a breeze. good luck.
Good to know, the touchscreen stuff would be a shame to lose. Thanks!