Least qualified user asking for advice

[bcnaz]

Hey all (anyone)

I've put off the smartphone and stuck with fliphones as all I really want from a phone is to make and receive calls, I hate bloat 

I've minimal Linux experience, use putty for some basic operations

Anyhow I'm game to report on this experience as it relates too novice use and willing to create and push videos for those like myself

Is there a consensus on which software to install for noobs?

Thanks in advance

Robert

Hi KABA,
  I've been following Pine phone since I discovered Pine64,  I was near the front of the line to get a Pinebook Pro.

And again when they released the Brave Heart Edition of Pine phone.

I really had high hopes for the Ubuntu Touch operating system,  that was the first one I got to work on my Brave Heart phone.

but after a few months of working systems,   their releases started needing a Developers skill-set just to make them work.

I kinda bounced around for a few months,  I would find one that worked,  until they updated, then I would have try and find another working OS.

Then came Debian, it worked,  not perfect but it worked.  That Evolved into Mobian.

As Mobian their talk has worked, not always perfect, but it 'worked' ..
    For a while they did have some problems on again off again with their Text.

My opinion :  Mobian is the best "Out of the Box"  operating system.

Second place : I would say is Arch Linux,  it works okay,  just download / flash and it works.

** Though I have been using various Linux operating systems for 22+ years,  I am still very much a "GUI user"

While some with developer skills may prefer other "Distro's"  
  If you are new to the Linux world perhaps Mobian or Arch would be a good starting point.

Good Luck