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Can anyone point me to an idiots guide to turning an old win 10 laptop into Lin…
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@merialc there is almoat matching name in the book 😁https://www.dummies.com/…
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@merialc https://ubuntu.com/tutorials/install-ubuntu-desktop
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@albertcardona @merialc Yep, the Ubuntu guide (though currently unreachable for…
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@albertcardona @merialc also, from my experience, the hardest thing is to get t…
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@slothrop @albertcardona @merialc As a potential immortal, I would say boot the…
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@Walrus @slothrop @albertcardona @merialc This is probably the most challenging…
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@merialc Before doing anything, if there are any files on the old laptop you wa…
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@merialc Mint is an option for windows users. If it's different per se, it …
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@blackRAT @merialc Pretty clear explanation - bookmarked for when I Linux an ol…
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@merialc @davep <cries in nested conversations>
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@merialc Oh, you are going to have some reading to do after that question!tl;dr…
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@merialc check https://endof10.org/If you're lucky, you may find someone cl…
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@merialc depending on what you want it to do, different distros will work bette…
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@Research_FTW @merialc Came here to say that.I'm more of a Fedora guy but t…
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@IzzyChambers @blackRAT @merialc Yeah I would also agree that mint is great And…
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@merialc I have found the videos on the explainingcomputers.com YouTube channel…
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@merialc Main problem will be deciding which flavour. You can test drive a few …
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@merialc Take the hard drive out and put it in a safe place.Buy a nice new SSD …
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@Research_FTW @merialc this is what I'm installing today!
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@merialc https://itsfoss.com/install-linux-mint/ seems reasonable
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@merialchttps://fai-project.org/FAIme/Go to that page, fill in some fields like…
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@merialcDo NOT boot off that stick any machine unless you want it wiped and Deb…
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@merialc Find a distro with "Live" media, which can boot from USB (or…
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@merialc http://endof10.org doesn't have great install instructions (they b…
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@ApAlun @merialc thus is the one I'd follow, Chris makes everything simple
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@merialc With it being your 1st time, I'll offer a couple of caveats to hop…
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@merialc I was gonna say “prepare to be bombarded with a bunch of different d…
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@merialc Have a look at @Endof10 materials!
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@merialc End of 10 .org has what you need:https://endof10.org/install/
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@zl2tod @merialc It's a laptop, so unfortunately swapping out the drive mig…
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@thunderfree Well, yeah.A #0 Phillips screwdriver may be required.@merialc
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@Research_FTW @merialc Interesting, I haven't noticed any issues with getti…
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@merialc I can't help you with a guide, but, if you run into problems, I&#3…
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@merialc Welcome! Loads of people have given brilliant advice that there's …
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@slothrop @albertcardona @merialc If it doesn't boot from USB just like tha…
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@dlakelan @merialc Handy. Will check this out before upgrading my old Surface P…
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@lpryszczThanks, that was the one I was looking for, too. Will bookmark for the…
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@merialc I was where you were about six months ago. Finally decided to switch t…
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@alex_p_roe @slothrop @albertcardona @merialc Trouble is, most of the YouTube v…
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@Walrus @slothrop @albertcardona @merialc At the moment I’m on iffy mobile in…
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@zl2tod anything that involves swapping out the hard drive definitely doesn&#39…
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@merialc @zl2tod it also is expected for a laptop of the W10 era to have an ssd…
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@bytebro I feel like I at least knew what I was getting myself into when I aske…
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@Walrus @slothrop @albertcardona @merialc Ha! You are right about that but Linu…
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@merialc @zl2tod The biggest shortcomings in an old laptop are likely: slow dis…
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@merialc The Fediverse was invented to assist people like yourself, Clair.
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@ravensrod thank you.
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@Walrus @slothrop @albertcardona @merialc imo experience, this is exactly t…
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@merialc I asked this recently, so I want to share so people don’t have to re…
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@merialc the biggest idiot thing I did was download the ISO directly to the USB…
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@merialc @zl2tod the real answer to "why swap the disk" is it can be …
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@merialc Here’s a vote for installing Fedora Workstationhttps://docs.fedorapr…
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@merialc Fedore Silverblue. is also an Option. Just works.
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@merialc https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/index.en.htmlbetter than …
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@neil thank you! I've got a bunch of old work computers which we can't …
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@merialc Really you just need to stick a Linux installer in it. Assuming you j…
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@merialc An excellent plan :)
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@modula just like picking a mastodon server then! 🤣
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@alex_p_roeI find most of the videos ok when showing actual os install steps, b…
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@justme @Walrus @slothrop @albertcardona @merialc This good old fashioned text:…
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@merialc there's this one from Microsoft themselves that is very good:https…
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