Distro for a 10-year old PC
Hi all, I got my HP "Envy" Laptop in 2014 and it's reached a stage where it can't sustain a video call and a browser session simultaneously on Windows 11. I suspect this is a software rather than a hardware issue because it was fine until a few weeks ago.
I've used Linux in the past and loved it and this seems like a good opportunity to go back in the hopes that I can extend the use-able lifetime of my machine, but I'm concerned that the most recent versions of Ubuntu and Mint might present the same issues I'm having with Windows 11, if they are assuming more processing power than I actually have.
So I'm hoping for something that's secure out of the box and that will be able to run modern software on an older machine. (Nothing crazy - I'm not editing video or doing serious rendering or anything) Maybe what I'm asking for doesn't exist, but hoping it will turn out Ubuntu or something will do the job fine.
Any recommendations / thoughts?