Physics, coding and black metal.
Vyssiikkaa, koodausta ja bläck metallia.
Apparently also politics when it doesn’t devolve into screaming into aether.
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Check out KX Studio. Ubuntu Studio is also a thing where most stuff comes preinstalled and it might be good enough for some.
Though I would still say that it’s still faster and easier to get a job, earn a months pay and buy a Windows/Mac laptop for music production than try to get shit done in Linux. Pipewire kinda-sorta-works if you aren’t doing anything weird, but it’s not going to be optimal either, and it’s at best beta-quality software still.
I wouldn’t go with Debian unless he plans to use that ThinkPad as a server. Distribution version upgrades are not easy for beginners, and with Debian you are stuck with ancient software versions unless they know how to get access to newer software repositories. And at that point it would be better to just run a rolling release. It’s setting them up for a bad experience.
Fedora is fine, Zorin and Pop! OS aren’t bad for beginners either.
I applaud the stubbornness. If enough people are stubborn enough, maybe linux pro audio some day becomes less of a mess.
I’ve tried every couple of years since 2006 to see if I could finally ditch my windows/mac box, since making music is my last hurdle, but it’s still been too much of a chore for me. I make music to get rid of computer-induced stress, so it’s the one place where I’m not interested in configuring for days.