• Pelicanen@sopuli.xyz
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    1 day ago

    I can add that in my experience, switching to Linux tends to have a positive impact on performance and keep the laptop usable for longer, I highly recommend you try it with your current laptop.

      • WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works
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        5 hours ago

        what desktop environment do you run there? I guess that machine does not have much ram, so it must be something memory efficient

        • Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.works
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          4 hours ago

          I’ve got an old desktop with a Core I7 with a 3 digit model number and 12GB of DDR3 RAM, it’s running Mint Cinnamon. I’ve got a Lenovo x86 tablet thing with 8GB of RAM and a Pentium processor, it’s currently running Fedora GNOME. I’ve run Ubuntu MATE on a Pi 4 as a desktop PC for about a year.

          Most distros of Linux will run very well on a machine that ever ran Windows 7 acceptably. Prior to that, you start running into the “we’re discontinuing 32-bit support” problem.