Yes, Mint is a very good start. Pick the XFCE ISO, though, not the Cinnamon one.great_elmo wrote:
I've never used Linux (unless Android counts), is Mint a good start as someone who has a 13 year old shittop? Currently running Windows 11 (thank you Rufus).
It's fantastic for beginners, but yes, since your laptop is old, XFCE would be the way to go (as stated by Winny). That is unless you want to grab LMDE (Linux Mint Debian Edition), and install XFCE or something of that sort on the system.great_elmo wrote:
I've never used Linux (unless Android counts), is Mint a good start as someone who has a 13 year old shittop? Currently running Windows 11 (thank you Rufus).
I mean you could make a boot drive with a $5 thumb drive.great_elmo wrote:
Tried installing Ubuntu 24.04 but everything went wrong.
Had to use an SD card as I don't have a USB. This shitty Gateway doesn't recognize it, my only DVD is too small to fit it and is completely unwritable despite being an RW, this is with a seperate partition for Linux.
Ubuntu won't make it faster, due to Canonical's wish to push for Snaps. Linux Mint should be faster. Get the XFCE ISO and stick it on an USB flash drive. Any computer from the last ~15 years supports booting from USB.great_elmo wrote:
For context, this is my laptop.
My CPU is constantly being pegged by the resource intensive Windows 11 and browsing is slow as hell. And no, it was like this on older versions of Windows (7, 8 🤮🤮🤮, 8.1 and 10). I feel that Ubuntu or Mint would make it a lot less shitty.
BG sauce pls I need it for researchClevelandsMyBro wrote:
arch btw
Nothing that Mint XFCE and installing a lightweight window manager (like i3 or Awesome) can't do. I use i3 on Mint (as stated) myself, so I could teach you the ropes if you'd like.great_elmo wrote:
Suggesting a tilling window manager to what seems to be a completely newbie is a recipe for disaster.Neigdoig wrote:
Nothing that Mint XFCE and installing a lightweight window manager (like i3 or Awesome) can't do. I use i3 on Mint (as stated) myself, so I could teach you the ropes if you'd like.great_elmo wrote:
Hopefully it will be outdated this month by the release of Linux Mint 22Nanofranne wrote:
would be outdated as soon as I mess around with it
Spectacle is pretty good IMO.Jangsoodlor wrote:
I spent 2 hours configuring USB Wi-Fi adapter only to realise I installed the wrong model lol
Anyways, can anyone recommends me a ShareX alternative for linux?
If you switch to Linux, you will sacrifice Roblox, if you EVEN use it.great_elmo wrote:
For context, this is my laptop.
My CPU is constantly being pegged by the resource intensive Windows 11 and browsing is slow as hell. And no, it was like this on older versions of Windows (7, 8 🤮🤮🤮, 8.1 and 10). I feel that Ubuntu or Mint would make it a lot less shitty.
True, look at me, tried to use Hyprland and completely messed upWinnyace wrote:
Suggesting a tilling window manager to what seems to be a completely newbie is a recipe for disaster.Neigdoig wrote:
Nothing that Mint XFCE and installing a lightweight window manager (like i3 or Awesome) can't do. I use i3 on Mint (as stated) myself, so I could teach you the ropes if you'd like.great_elmo wrote:
Getting it to 8GBs will be a decent upgrade overall and will benefit you a lot.great_elmo wrote:
Any upgrades I should do before I jump ship to XFCE Mint? Probably thinking about maxing out my ram to 8gb which is the most my laptop supports.
I'm not alone in using a WM for Mint. Toots sweet!Jangsoodlor wrote:
Messing around with i3wm
great_elmo wrote:
Now I'm unironically looking for a distro for this thing. 32 bit Celeron M, not even a full gig of RAM (currently at 512MB and maxes out at 2GB), non functional wifi AND a broken screen.
Currently on XP home SP3 and DOES NOT support booting from USB. Of course even XFCE which I have decided on for my main laptop that still sucks would be even heavier than XP and there's likely no 32 bit version.
So Mint's installer was trying to detect other file systems on your system and that made Windows brick itself? Is that what I'm getting?great_elmo wrote:
I need help ASAP. After Mint's installation was looping on "detecting file systems" Windows BRICKED ITSELT and that was the only os I had on there! My data isn't lost (thankfully) but I can no longer boot without the USB nor can I make an emergency bootable USB so I can figure out what the FUCK went wrong.
Go to your bios settings, and make sure that windows comes first.great_elmo wrote:
I need help ASAP. After Mint's installation was looping on "detecting file systems" Windows BRICKED ITSELT and that was the only os I had on there! My data isn't lost (thankfully) but I can no longer boot without the USB nor can I make an emergency bootable USB so I can figure out what the FUCK went wrong.
In the boot menu, you would see a boot option named "Windows Boot Manager". Is it there or not?great_elmo wrote:
The HDD is my 1st priority but I get "An operating system wasn't found" on boot. Which is odd because I had Windows installed but LM wasn't detecting it
This is due, most likely, to the display server used by Cinnamon. Cinnamon, by default, uses an older display server (its name is X11) where variable refresh rate didn't really exist. There's an experimental session for Cinnamon that uses a newer display server (its name is Wayland). If you log out, you should see an icon somewhere around the username and password prompt. Check if that works for you.great_elmo wrote:
YouTube is watchable on my external monitor, but for some reason it only goes to 60hz despite the fact that I have a 75hz monitor.
