Old laptop got boosted. Wasn't updated for 6 years. Microslop tried to install Win11, then said buy new hardware, then tried to install anyway. Didn't worked. Zorin OS works great. Will also try out Lint Cinnamon, Cachy, Pop and some Arch.
Ye Olde Laptop
32 Comments
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world · 85 pts · 127d
Ah yes, Minux Lint. Great distro.
Elting@piefed.social · 12 pts · 127d
I just wish everything wasn’t upside down. Its very confusing to use the mouse.
Agent641@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 127d
Just flip your monitor. Ezpz
gilokee@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 127d
how is everything upside down? is this some meme I'm unaware of?
Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 127d
Someone misspelled Linux Mint and we're all making jokes at their expense
gilokee@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 126d
OH, I see it now haha thank you 😎
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 127d
If you can't do a handstand, you're not worthy of Minux.
TractorDuffy@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 126d
k windows it is then
certified_expert@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 127d
Wait, what?
raker@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 126d
Totally compiled by myself!
lemonhead2@lemmy.world · 47 pts · 127d
don't bother distro shopping. if it's mainstream and has updated packages the only thing you lose by changing distros is time. almost everything u want can be done in your distro.
I use arch, btw
Rhaedas@fedia.io · 23 pts · 127d
I just put Linux Mint Cinnamon on an old MacBook and it's running pretty well. I had an SSD that I could use and an extra RAM (total of 3GB now), and it made all the difference. Planning to get two 4GB RAM cards to max it out, yay for old memory that's still cheap.
gilokee@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 127d
3gb of ram! woo!
Rhaedas@fedia.io · 2 pts · 127d
Was running just the 2GB original, original HDD, and LM XFCE, and it "worked", but it was painful.
wdx@feddit.org · 20 pts · 127d
why does that sound like a veiled threat
raker@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 126d
Because it is, especially if auto updates are enabled, even long before Microslop
favoredponcho@lemmy.zip · 14 pts · 127d
Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 127d
FYI You can add more repositories to Mint's manager. I do wish it included more out of the box but I suppose it's faster as-is.
BurgerBaron@piefed.social · 1 pts · 126d
Cinnamon DE looks very...2008, yeah. Mint is also the only Stable distro for me to make it not just through installation from a live USB but actually install and load non-free nshitia drivers on an old GTX1060 with a corei5 7600. CachyOS is what I use and adore normally but I needed Stable for an infrequently used old PC. You'd think the main culprit would be the damned 1000 series GPU but nope that was only true for Debian and LMDE which I gave up on instead of fighting with. Figured it'd be faster to distro hop...nope!
OpenSUSE couldn't handle the MSI B250 motherboard of all things, crash kernel panic couldn't even boot into live USB. Fedora complained about missing CPU instructions but loaded live USB except the installer app would just crash when trying to open it. MX Linux would boot but then black screen after 5 minutes, not enough time to install non-free drivers and not even ttyl mode was functional.
Zorin was next on my list I'm curious to see lol. Linux hates this PC.
raker@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 126d
GUI looks really good on this one!
Xyphius@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 127d
I got Q4OS on a 20 year old machine. Runs flawlessly
Harvey656@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 127d
Q4 is amazing at reviving older machines.
kurmudgeon@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 127d
Nice. Zorin has quickly become my favorite distro. Has exactly what's needed out of the box, caters to practically anyone, smooth and easy to use. They do such a great job.
raker@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 126d
Yes! Looks very good so far. Totally digging it!
Lumisal@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 127d
If you want to game in it, check out Cachy, maybe.
Otherwise, no point distro hopping.
You can check out his the others look/work btw at Distrosea
raker@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 126d
Thanks! Will check it out.
Blaster_M@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 127d
Linux Mint is definitely a plus, as it is easy to use and more free than Ubuntu and definitely more free than Zorin. It's also vintage enough to run on older computers just fine, though I recommend MATE or XFCE spin for the RAM poor
raker@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 126d
Thanks, goes on my list, because specs of my laptop are pretty weak
Agent641@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 127d
Loving Zorin. I have Zorin on my second desktop and mint on my laptop.
nothingcorporate@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 127d
Great distro! Pretty and most everything just just works.
raker@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 126d
Can confirm. It was described as very user friendly, especially if you come from Windows. Can confirm this too!
HugeNerd@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 127d
Is it named after Max Zorin?
certified_expert@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 127d
Fedora+i3 brrrrrr