Whonix is often a better choice, it has IMO the strongest protection against leaking data out via clearnet and really forces everything through tor. Theoretically, even malware on the whonix workstation VM can’t figure out your IP address.
A while back Microsoft sent Russia the full Windows source code, per their government’s request. (I doubt they licensed them to do anything with said source code, but Putin won’t care).
Regardless of the distribution he uses, he would have lots of complaints. It’s the bitter truth. Audio problems, support for special gaming hardware, glitches with proprietary apps like Discord and Teams, are common across distros.
Whonix is often a better choice, it has IMO the strongest protection against leaking data out via clearnet and really forces everything through tor. Theoretically, even malware on the whonix workstation VM can’t figure out your IP address.