Requesting assistance from Anne

Latitude 5410 (i5-10th gen)), 16 Gb,  NVMe

Dear Anne,

Seems like Y2K all over again > where's my batteries ?

On the serious side, since you appear to be one of the more knowledgable Linux users, I come to you with some outright rookie questions. I currently have set up a dual boot of 10 and Zorin 17.3 on a 17-year-old laptop (Inspiron). Trying to make my mistakes on a throw-a-way unit.

Question 1: Is there a go-to tutorial/site that will get me on a solid start ?

2. At this time is it important to have your machine certified ? My Dell driver list shows Ubuntu (18.04.3 LTS) as well as 10, 11 available but only 10 and 11 actually are populated. Can I assune that I can get the appropriate linux drivers for my machine via the cloud/repositories ?

3. Since Zorin is a 'subset' -excuse my French- of Ubuntu, would what's relevant to Ubuntu be relevant to Zorin, ie drivers, etc ? 

4. Presently I want to get started on linux and thus Zorin. 6 months down I want the most secure, stable, and user-friendly package you can suggest. I'm guessing you'll state Debian 13 which is Ubuntu's 'big brother' in the hierarchy.

btw, I've heard that linux users deplore newbies; I hope that's not the case, Appreciate any scaps. Bill