Hello! My old laptops hard drive packed it in, so I got a new one and now need to flash drive an operating system on it. I think this is my time to give Linux a proper go. I tried it before for my gaming PC but switched for a cracked Windows key because I was young and not bothered to learn.

Well, now is my chance to give it another go. I’m looking for a Linux optimised for performance on an HP 255 G7. Threadbare, but not so bare that it’ll require me to do a load of complicated stuff to do the basics. I’ll just be using it for YouTube and Google docs really. Any help/advice/orders are appreciated.

Thanks!

  • MaoTheLawn [any, any]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Ah, yeah. I don’t know the terminology. I’ll change it to threadbare My level of tech awareness is like… my friends think I know stuff but actually I’m just great at taking a punt and watching tutorials.

    Anyway, yeah, I changed the old one to a nifty NVME and now it runs like a dream.

    Currently I’m using Zorin OS Alite - do you really think I should go to mint or Ubuntu before I start settling in? My initial reaction to Zorin is that I’m satisfied with it, but if it’s not as reliable as mint then maybe I should just start again?

    • electromage@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      Most tech people are just better than average at looking stuff up :)

      I have never used Zorin, but it looks good - it’s based on Ubuntu but tweaked to be more friendly to Windows/macOS users. If it’s working for you, that’s what counts. There’s a lot of documentation around Ubuntu which should apply to your system.