Don’t fall for it. All the research he conducted was done under supervision of a bailiff, wich in France is a guarantee that all was done respecting the law. He enforced this uncommon way of doing because he knew the government had issues with him taking other directions than that of vaccination. The reason he is now constantly under attack is because many associations who went on trial against european governments and europe itself are using his works to prove their point. Should the government manage to discredit the man all those trials would fall to nothing.
You could try out BunsenLabs, it’s loads of fun and reasonably lightweight. Basically Debian with a few tweaks.