I have an old Dell laptop with me. It was gifted to me by my late grandfather so I don't wanna throw that I want to revive that somehow.
Its specs are:
Processor : Intel Celeron
Ram : 2gb
32 bit architecture
HDD: 512gb
Im from windows and today is my first time using linux
Yesterday I saw a person with a similiar laptop than mine, so this may be a duplicate post. If so, then I apologise. I have an ASUS TUF A15, specs are below. I have been using Linux on and off for about 2 years, but I didn't had the best experience to say the least. The main things that I do are pretty general use with "heavy" gaming and audio recording (guitar) on the side. (I would most certainly dual-boot for the audio production and school stuff too.)
I tend to play a variety of games: Mostly single-player, but I play many multiplayer games, some rarely, the main online games that I play are: Deadlock, Marvel Rivals, Fortnite, Hearthstone. I know that Fortnite will never work with Linux because of anti-cheat, so I would use that with the dual boot too. Honestly I would be happy if single-player games would run with a smooth, consistent framerate, and I would just play the online games on Windows.
I tried a few distros like CachyOS, Mint and Fedora. I would happily go back to Mint if KDE or GNOME would work on it, never tried to install them. Fedora was just inconsistent with performance but maybe it was on my part, so I wouldn't rule out Fedora. Then I switched to Cachy, and to be honest, I don't really see the appeal. I had about the same performance as on any other distro.
By tinkering I mean finding solutions to problems. I don't have an issue with installing the necessary apps. And I don't really care about optimisations, I just want a smooth experience with the least hassle. Mint is out of the picture, because I didn't like any of the DEs they provide. Unless you can install KDE or GNOME on it. But maybe I would just use Kubuntu or stock Ubuntu than, but I was told to forget about them because of Canonical and Snaps.
My specs:
CPU: Ryzen 5 7535HS
GPU: RTX 4050
RAM: 16 GB DDR5
The iGPU was disable in bios, because a wanted to rule out hybrid gpu issues, but didn't help much.
Hello everyone
I have an old PC; it runs on win7
But it crashes all the time, and I have to change the system every month
So I want to try Linux; I don't know much about computer
So what is the best distro for me?
easy to handle
(Asking for a friend.)
I switched to Linux mint cinnamon a couple of days ago and I’m wondering if I should use something else. I use windows for game development and Linux for everything else. Background cpu and ram usage isn’t really a problem for me since I have a ryzen 5 5500 and 32GB of ram. Should I try a gaming focused distro like bazzite?
Dear guys, i used linux for years in my 8GB RAM laptop for coding and software development (containers, webapps, android studio ecc...). I am wondering if i can install a different linux distro that is more lightweight than ubuntu, have you some suggestions?
Hi,
I have started my Linux journey about a year ago and I really don't like how many linux distro's are available today. However eventually find myself going back to Windows 10 [not 11 becoz its a pure garbage] because I have few Windows apps to use which I am unable to replace at the moment such as GitHub Desktop, AIMP, PDF24, Rekordbox etc. Also, I am using a laptop with Nvidia GPUs with Optimus (hybrid graphics) which has even worse support for Linux.
Anyways here's the list of Top 10 Linux Distro's:
The above list will help you narrow down your Linux distro for you to daily drive for work, gaming & personal use. Thanks!
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Every few years I get disgusted with Microsoft and in a fit of pique delete windows and install Linux.
Then I get frustrated that things just don't work and eventually crawl back to Bill.
Doing a little more planning this time and want some recommendations for a distro and maybe a well liked guide.
First thing first, I am putting this on an old laptop to test out before I do a full reinstall on my daily driver.
Running an i5 8th Gen mobile chip and a 1050ti with 8gbs of ram. Nothing exceptional one way or another.
Needs to be able to:
Game on keyboard and controller with minimal faffing about (within reason--I'm loading on a machine with a 1050ti in it).
Utilize MS Word, PowerPoint and Adobe InDesign. Or, happily, use other similar featured programs. Fine to buy them within reason, but my experience with Libre left me feeling that these softwares have not caught up. Open to a learning curve, but like...not a huge one. These are simple programs. Also need a basic image editor but I can do most things on any basic editor.
Privacy minded. Not, like, fort Knox. I understand a lot of privacy is on what I am doing in the internet. But just something not actively spying on me like Windows.
Broad Bluetooth capability with minimal messing around.
Network printer compatibility with my epson et-8550.
Minimal use of the command line. I just want it to...work. I am not a power user. I would stay with microsoft and the glorious compatibility bubble if they're incentive was still to take my money and provide a service TO ME rather than give me windows on the cheap and then sell my data for a profit.
Access my NAS remotely.
So...where should I start?
Hey everyone,
I'm looking for a Linux distro that I'll actually stick with, and I'd love to get some recommendations based on my laptop.
Laptop Specs:
A bit about me:
What I've tried:
The issue that i faced with ubuntu was that i was not able to use the brightness feature i tried so many options but i couldnt fix it the brightness was sticked to the same value.
Given my hardware and use case, which distro would you recommend and why? I'd especially like to hear from people using ASUS TUF laptops with NVIDIA GPUs.
Thanks!
I've been hopping for a while, trying to troubleshoot different issues and i've concluded that something running kernel 7.1.4 at least is my best bet.
There is a bug affecting my wifi HW specifically that was introduced in 7.1 but fixed in 7.1.4.
I also was recommended to run something more recent due to my apparently new GPU that's not that well supported on older more stable kernels (RTX 5070TI) that i tried and on which i had issues with resolution & sound through HDMI.
i'm open to anything as long as it works for my system.
side question: is distrowatch a good source of checking distro details (in my case what kernel and nvidia drivers come with what distro) or do you have an alternative website?
Thanks in advance
Specs: 8gb ram
1tb hdd
IMAC 2011 27"
I will use it and i also want web browser and apps recommendation
(Its my daily driver and has to support flatpak)
If this is possible please comment :))
My hardware is the following
Ryzen 7 5700X3D
64GB DDR4 3600
9070 XT Nitro+
2 nvme drives (os and games)
2 hdd (downloads/cloud and storage)
My question is simple. For someone that uses the PC 95% for gaming and 5% for desktop use (YouTube, few websites like banks, social, news etc) and as a media server for either plex or jellyfin on local direct play,
Is steam os OK? Should I try it or go maybe to something like cachy os?
Why i love Arch Linux a Canadian Linux?!
Because its easy modular compare to other distros. All Linux are modular and you can install or uninstall anything! But you can't do as easy as Arch!
Another thing makes Arch best is it's documentation it's priceless, simple as that! if you know how to read and click the web you can fix Arch easy, especially with Ai today can give you step by step guide.
Then i am not a tinker that all the time tinker with the system and system core and configuration it left and right. I am doing easy things like photo, office, web-Tv live through the web and write my live story, a book.
Another reason i chose Arch is it low requirement use out of the box. Even when i have the top computer (AMD 9950X, 64Gb-6400mhz-ram,2 NVMe gen 5 and tow Gen 4 NVME disks, RX 9700XTX OC, 6K monitor, and more disk)
So why not use another good disktros like OpenSuse, because it's not Arch but i do have on my backup Linux computer a (AMD 3950X 128GB Ram NVMe disks and intel B580 Graphic card.)
Stability, well if you DON'T tinker Arch is very sable in fact. and if you want more stability you can Use LTS kernal as well.
Privacy is another aspect that Arch as out of the box, just need some tuning in setting and all in.
Why Linux general No telemetry, key-login, advertisement in side of Os and outside, no bloatware, it's YOURS the Linux system. No need to Phone home to 800 advertisement company's servers.
Why did YOU chose Arch Linux above other Linux and MS or OS X.
So i found this laptop at the company i work in it's an old nec versa c200 it has 200Mb ram and the hard drive is dead i couldn't find a replacement for it so i found another solution since it can boot up with CD/DVD (this laptop can't boot up with usb flash drive) i grabbed the biggest storage CD-R i can find (700mb) and burned wary puppy 5.5 in it but it took the laptop nearly an hour to boot up (i had to make it run completely on the CD since it ran out of ram in my first time booting it) fortunately it did run the system smoothly enough for an old machine
That's why i need you're help if you have any recommendations for a destro that can run in this hursh environment
It's nothing serious just an amusing experiment on an old laptop
Thank you
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edit: gng, i am sorry i forgot opensuse, i know its good at backend servers, i should have subdivided it section into that to add this distro. my bad gng.
Hola, soy nuevo en Linux, alguien me podría recomendar una distro para poder jugar y programar, mi lap tiene un ryzen 5 (no recuerdo lo demas) y una gtx 1050, habia instalado Nobara, todo perfecto, hasta que me di cuenta que Nobara no tiene los drivers de la grafica, y yo quiero que mi lap rinda todo lo que puede dar, alguien me podría ayudar?
For context,i managed to get my first laptop(used,of course) last christmas,and as soon as i got it i installed mint on it,and honestly,i have never really regreted it. In my opinion mint is a fantastic example of linux, it only occupies 1.5/2gb of ram on idle,you have all the linux plus(open source,root access/sudo authorization) and the debian family plus (stability and reliability),but i also liked the built in tools like the integrated tool to flash usbs or the system setting feautres,so overall i'm all in love with mint (except the app store,never really used it).
The problem now is....i'm looking on a desktop pc and i'm deciding if i should do a bit of distro hopping or not,couse i've never really tried something different,and i've heard of the AUR attack and the difficulty of installing arch,but i also dont really consider steam os in the near future couse why would i need an os centered on gaming if its not my priority with this pc (also i hate the steam helper for taking up 1gb of ram,and i had 16 on my laptop)
So i'm wondering whether or not i should try something still in the debian family or is there something else you could recommend?
to give more information i mostly code,that's why i'm not really looking forward to steam os,but i'm also looking at local llms couse why not it would be sick and with file scraping on the pc would probably improve production but idk the implication and os requirements it would have
My Laptop Specs:-
Processer:-AMD Ryzen 5 5500U With Radeon Graphics (2.10 GHz)
RAM:- 8 GB
ROM:- 512 GB SSD
64-Bit OS
Suggest Me Distro According To It
Old hp notebook series laptop with 4gb ram and 1 tb hdd, intel i3 7th gen. Tried ubuntu, mint and many other i don't even remember the names. Currently on mint xfce for two months. It's not that good but i just use Firefox for classes so it doesn't lag upto using 4 tabs but there is serious issue with its realtek network adapter i can't use bluetooth and wifi at same time if use both the wifi remain connected but speed drops from 25Mbps to 100Kbps but when i boot back to windows (which is disaster on this pc ) both works fine. Need help to switch to any other os