Uniformed and fearless Linux aspirant
Uniformed and fearless Linux aspirant
I recently purchased my sister a new laptop, so I’m keeping her old one for backup. It’s quite outdated—someone with an old Pentium or Celeron chipset running 2GB of deprecated RAM! I learned you’ll need to install Linux yourself and set up distributions. Is that correct? Or are the distribution packages everything included?
What Linux distros would you suggest for web browsing and general use? Also, I’m a bit worried about drivers—especially since it doesn’t have a graphics card, but I still need Wi-Fi and other drivers working smoothly.
Ubuntu stands out as a highly refined and user-friendly Linux distribution. Many praise its quality, including Dell’s special edition XPS 13 that comes preloaded with it.
Ubuntu is likely the easiest to use and quite lightweight. If you bought your sister a new laptop but still have her old one, that’s totally okay!
a standard distribution arrives in a complete package... bootable from installation media or a live disc, install it and it should be fully functional with driver support on linux. previously it caused issues and still does sometimes, though the distros I've used over the past four years offer solid out-of-the-box performance for most laptops and most hardware. you mentioned the laptop is quite old, running a pentium or celeron processor with just 2 gigabytes of RAM... i suggest using Mint XFCE or one of the Ubuntu variants like Lubuntu or Xubuntu. i own an old Travelmate 190 (pentium M, DDR1 RAM) – it’s too weak for modern windows but it works surprisingly well with Mint XFCE.
It's far from a lightweight operating system. It's essentially the reverse of something light. Plus, it wouldn't be considered user-friendly for tasks outside of Ubuntu-specific work.
I mentioned a pretty light design, it’s significantly lighter than typical operating systems, and it’s really easy to use for what the OP discussed.
This means anyone can easily use it and connect Firefox to Facebook. Linux Mint offers a solid experience, though it’s a bit more complex. Ubuntu works similarly to macOS—it provides a straightforward setup with core features, but since it’s built on Linux, you have the freedom to customize it however you like.
I still don’t think it’s a good idea. However, you could say it works better if you remove the Windows layer from Windows 10.