What Linux family would you recommend for a home laptop?

Question

linux

There is a Sony Vaio, 4 gigabytes of memory, a 2.1 GHz processor. I want to go back to Linux. The last time I used it was 10 years ago.
Important criteria
1. Installation of programs without dancing
2. Pleasant interface
3. Speed ​​of work with very frequent copying of small files (in Windows it is copied back and forth for hours, the main problem)
4. In Windows yuzal - office, photoshop, active browser, total commander , and work with files (copier, archive)
5. To fly on my hardware.

Answer 1

Mint is the simplest - it can't be easier - you don't even need to use the terminal

Answer 2

Ubuntu, the most human-centric
Linux is no better at this.
2 things help dramatically:
turn off the antivirus and replace the HDD with an SSD

Answer 3

Debian.
There is no Photoshop on Linux.

Answer 4

It's funny. I have almost the same laptop. Small sony vaio (11 inches seems) - I like it for its compactness and style (IMHO). Initially, there was Windows, then I tried a lot of things. Some heavy systems (in particular, elementaryOS) are terribly slow. I spent the longest time on the mint. Actually, at the moment this is my choice on all Linux systems (and I went through a lot, I even sat on archa-like ones). I highly recommend him. And together with Cinnamon - its default shell. She is very beautiful and light. Doesn't slow down at all. It flies no worse than XFCE.

Answer 5

You can try to get acquainted with https://elementary.io/ru/ it is based on Ubuntu just like Mint.
Reading small files does not affect the OS.

Answer 6

office, photoshop

if the office still has more or less alternatives, dancing is provided with Photoshop