I’m teaching my son to be pc agnostic.

Bah ha ha! All the main distros are amazing these days. You really can’t go wrong with most. And if one doesn’t work, just pick another of the top 5.

Ghost driving cars seemed pretty dumb

Boot with a live USB image first. Check and see if everything is working. Don’t be married to the first Linux distro you try.

The Internet is to open. ISPs should have blocking controls accessable to subscribers.