I believe LMDE includes the proprietary stuff you might need and, as others have said, Debian 12 is starting to as well.
jkmooney
joined 1 year ago
For a new user who just wants a good OS to start with, Pop_OS is a fine choice. A little surprised you had trouble with Mint identifying your WiFi card but, I see others have posted on it. Mint is typically my go-to recommendation for new Linux users.
Maybe he'll be staying there? They could call it "Mar-a-Uh-Ohh"?