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Post #AxSiY1wpArhhlK3WrY by [email protected] |
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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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Post #AxSqk2NQCjLqCWjV3o by [email protected] |
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@merialc there is almoat matching name in the book đhttps://www.dummies.com/… |
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Post #AxSqy161lJasHeGLom by [email protected] |
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@merialc https://ubuntu.com/tutorials/install-ubuntu-desktop |
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Post #AxSqy1DpIJpefpuZyS by [email protected] |
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@albertcardona @merialc Yep, the Ubuntu guide (though currently unreachable for… |
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Post #AxSqy1KCuaw6zctfv6 by [email protected] |
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@albertcardona @merialc also, from my experience, the hardest thing is to get t… |
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Post #AxSqy1QwVYK9KW33Q0 by [email protected] |
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@slothrop @albertcardona @merialc As a potential immortal, I would say boot the… |
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Post #AxSqy1Yk2YYvihhHZg by [email protected] |
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@Walrus @slothrop @albertcardona @merialc This is probably the most challenging… |
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Post #AxSrcSneBF6Jmux5Mm by [email protected] |
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@merialc Before doing anything, if there are any files on the old laptop you wa… |
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Post #AxSrrMRy4QmgRFuorI by [email protected] |
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@merialc Mint is an option for windows users. If it's different per se, it … |
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Post #AxSrrMa7a7J2qXjKZE by [email protected] |
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@blackRAT @merialc Pretty clear explanation - bookmarked for when I Linux an ol… |
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Post #AxSshbHKBTpNUCqYSG by [email protected] |
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@merialc @davep <cries in nested conversations> |
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Post #AxSu8OVVsJ9TeMp7M8 by [email protected] |
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@merialc Oh, you are going to have some reading to do after that question!tl;dr… |
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Post #AxSukWpnMa1UTqUhAu by [email protected] |
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@merialc check https://endof10.org/If you're lucky, you may find someone cl… |
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Post #AxSulcngfQk1H01yKW by [email protected] |
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@merialc depending on what you want it to do, different distros will work bette… |
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Post #AxSulcwC9nXxhO0lai by [email protected] |
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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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Post #AxSumgAzbL0O26R0BE by [email protected] |
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@IzzyChambers @blackRAT @merialc Yeah I would also agree that mint is great And… |
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Post #AxSumiqXfpQgJXtDDk by [email protected] |
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@merialc I have found the videos on the explainingcomputers.com YouTube channel… |
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Post #AxSumrpoFvBuBscFpQ by [email protected] |
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@merialc Main problem will be deciding which flavour. You can test drive a few … |
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Post #AxSupbdcvkSOpKDvRQ by [email protected] |
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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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Post #AxSutIzsBDJsAdOQPQ by [email protected] |
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@Research_FTW @merialc this is what I'm installing today! |
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Post #AxSutlF5AG7fluiy0G by [email protected] |
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@merialc https://itsfoss.com/install-linux-mint/ seems reasonable |
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Post #AxSuuy0pAgHVfPd8gy by [email protected] |
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@merialchttps://fai-project.org/FAIme/Go to that page, fill in some fields like… |
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Post #AxSuuzUdfJiyGAaSno by [email protected] |
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@merialcDo NOT boot off that stick any machine unless you want it wiped and Deb… |
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Post #AxSuyOgeS5hpGWpXJw by [email protected] |
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@merialc Find a distro with "Live" media, which can boot from USB (or… |
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Post #AxSuzmCqUexoUzXwno by [email protected] |
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@merialc http://endof10.org doesn't have great install instructions (they b… |
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Post #AxSv2wFnapmmWuR4cK by [email protected] |
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@ApAlun @merialc thus is the one I'd follow, Chris makes everything simple |
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Post #AxSv3SE8iXTLh1uCTQ by [email protected] |
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@merialc With it being your 1st time, I'll offer a couple of caveats to hop… |
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Post #AxSv4i0hWN4KvwDZM8 by [email protected] |
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@merialc I was gonna say âprepare to be bombarded with a bunch of different d… |
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Post #AxSvBrp1RLXnOIAVnM by [email protected] |
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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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Post #AxSvFYttjOVnrjD8gi by [email protected] |
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@zl2tod @merialc It's a laptop, so unfortunately swapping out the drive mig… |
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Post #AxSvFZ0dKLtqCcMWBc by [email protected] |
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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… |
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Post #AxSvUDZ5L4yY2PSqwq by [email protected] |
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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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Post #AxSvWTzrDVZnZz4D7A by [email protected] |
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@dlakelan @merialc Handy. Will check this out before upgrading my old Surface P… |
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Post #AxSvdbTtmudoorVvfM by [email protected] |
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@lpryszczThanks, that was the one I was looking for, too. Will bookmark for the… |
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Post #AxSwMumorHpniyyCe0 by [email protected] |
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@merialc I was where you were about six months ago. Finally decided to switch t… |
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Post #AxSzSFhgodWBuOo796 by [email protected] |
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@alex_p_roe @slothrop @albertcardona @merialc Trouble is, most of the YouTube v… |
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Post #AxSzSFpULdkyIaSLIm by [email protected] |
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@Walrus @slothrop @albertcardona @merialc At the moment Iâm on iffy mobile in… |
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@zl2tod anything that involves swapping out the hard drive definitely doesn'… |
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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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Post #AxTBgYyHAvHBAb9ioi by [email protected] |
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@Walrus @slothrop @albertcardona @merialc Ha! You are right about that but Linu… |
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Post #AxTBhDItDhX4G76kV6 by [email protected] |
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@merialc @zl2tod The biggest shortcomings in an old laptop are likely: slow dis… |
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Post #AxTBjljGCMVVbef2XY by [email protected] |
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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 donât 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 Hereâs 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! 𤣠|
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@alex_p_roeI find most of the videos ok when showing actual os install steps, b… |
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Post #AxUa1MwlfVnE14re7s by [email protected] |
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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… |
