In a world where nothing seems to work anymore, especially anything related to tech and/or customer service, getting on my laptop running Linux Mint just feels like a breath of fresh air. And that goes for just about any distro. It's nice to have something that works as it should and doesn't seem to go out of its way to cause...
Bazzite isn't an exact clone of SteamOS 3, but its functionality is virtually identical to Valve's operating system. On the surface, Bazzite features an identical desktop experience to SteamOS 3. Thanks to the integration of KDE Plasma — a customizable Linux desktop environment, and Valve's KDE themes from SteamOS, Bazzite...
Hello there. I'm a beginner so keep that in mind. I have an old laptop (something like 10 yo). It has an HDD, 4 gigs of DDR3, an i3 4th gen 1.7 GHz and an NVidia Geforce 710M (Windows Game Ready Driver 391.35 WHQL which I think doesn't support Wayland). It also has CSM BIOS so yeah. It has the option of UEFI but the GeForce (I...
i don't think my preferences line up with what you're after, so maybe ignore this. . . .
i'd recommend explaining computers youtube and website for beginners - he'll give you much better advice than me https://yewtu.be/channel/UCbiGcwDWZjz05njNPrJU7jA
but FWIW i reckon mint+xfce. will give you "easy" and "decent performance on old hardware"
you can try out the more flashy d.e s on a usb boot drive see if you think the features are worth it on your setup.
always remember it's easy and cheap to experiment.
get yourself a system for backing up your "home" directory, - a couple usb drives is easy enough.
and i'd also recommend starting a text file list of all programs/packages you like to install.
you can make it into a bash "sudo apt get " script (for debian based) if you're feeling super lazy.
, or just run through it manually whenever you switch.
also do the SSD upgrade as soon as you can afford it, it'll make everything a lot better
I realized why I enjoy Linux so much and why I've stuck with it all these years (slight vent)... (kbin.social) en
In a world where nothing seems to work anymore, especially anything related to tech and/or customer service, getting on my laptop running Linux Mint just feels like a breath of fresh air. And that goes for just about any distro. It's nice to have something that works as it should and doesn't seem to go out of its way to cause...
Bazzite is a SteamOS Clone That Supports Gaming PCs and the Steam Deck (tomshardware.com) en
Bazzite isn't an exact clone of SteamOS 3, but its functionality is virtually identical to Valve's operating system. On the surface, Bazzite features an identical desktop experience to SteamOS 3. Thanks to the integration of KDE Plasma — a customizable Linux desktop environment, and Valve's KDE themes from SteamOS, Bazzite...
Alright, you know what? I'll be switching. (kbin.social) en
Hello there. I'm a beginner so keep that in mind. I have an old laptop (something like 10 yo). It has an HDD, 4 gigs of DDR3, an i3 4th gen 1.7 GHz and an NVidia Geforce 710M (Windows Game Ready Driver 391.35 WHQL which I think doesn't support Wayland). It also has CSM BIOS so yeah. It has the option of UEFI but the GeForce (I...