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[Support] - Suggestion on a linux distro for my old HP Pavilion Notebook (dualboot) (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by ekZepp@lemmy.world to c/linux@programming.dev

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So. I've received this old HP Pavililon pc

Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5500U CPU @ 2.40GHz 2.39 GHz
RAM: 8,00 GB
HD: 932 GB HDD HGST HTS541010A9E680
Graphic: NVIDIA GeForce 940M (2 GB), Intel(R) HD Graphics 5500 (128 MB)
Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless-AC 3160
Synaptics SMBus TouchPad

I've updated and skin to the bone win 10 (fk 11). I'll still keep some space for the old Granpa10 for some software but i'll give a good chunk of space to a linux distro for my daily use.

My favorite one are Fedora and Linux Mint (I'm a noob, i know). I've already installed Fedora on older pc with mixed results (everything works great except the wifi antenna), also i'm not a huge fan of the slider interface, i want some windows10-like dark interface and a decent support for all my hardware and the mid nvidia graphic.

I would like a smooth installation if possible. So, what you suggest?

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[–] DmMacniel@feddit.org 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What do you mean with Slider Interface? The Overview from GNOME? Maybe consider then KDE as it comes close to the base Windows UI.

Also nothing's wrong or noobish with using Linux Mint.

I would suggest to have a USB Stick and have Ventoy installed on it, then put a ton of different Distributions (Fedora, Linux Mint Debian Edition, whatever,...) to check if everything (especially the Wifi Modem) works great.

[–] ekZepp@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Good idea thank you. 👍

[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

8GB it more than enough to run whatever desktop. Probably not game, but any desktop distro is fine.

[–] banazir@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago

Since you have experience with Mint, why not go with Debian with KDE Plasma? I have it on my laptop and it's Debian, old reliable, I like that stability on a laptop, so that I'm less likely to have issues on the go. Debian isn't the friendliest distro to new users, sure, but if you can figure out Fedora, you can figure out Debian.

[–] emotional_soup_88@programming.dev 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MwJbRq3-rM

Also, there is nothing noobie about Linux Mint. Everything that you can do on, say, Arch Linux, you can do on Linux Mint, with some minor adjustments. That's what's Linux is all about. :D

[–] Hoohoo@fedia.io 1 points 1 day ago

I've started using Puppy on older machines.