Is Debian beginner friendly?

Then Debian may be a better solution than something like Arch or Fedora. Debian isn’t exactly designed to be a beginner friendly operating system. They don’t seem to have the “flair” some others have in interface and experience design.

Is Debian difficult to use?

Early on, Debian gained a reputation for being hard to install that it has never altogether lost. … Although most people installing Debian only need a shortened version, the Debian Installer allows the selection of almost every detail — so long, of course, as you are prepared to spend a couple of hours installing.