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Originally Posted by pip08456
If you switch to Linux your laptop will have a new lease of life. Using Linux is not as daunting as it used to be for novice users.
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I have two laptops here, one is 8 years old, the other is ten.
As you can probably guess, neither are of a 'spec' that would allow the latest Windows to run . . or even install.
They are both quite happily purring away, fully functional, with two different linux platforms installed. One has Linux Mint, the other Ubuntu Studio.
I'm not the cleverest bloke in our street
but after a few awkward moments - and the extensive help available for linux users (new and old) all over the internet - it didn't take me long to figure out how to make things work. Many of the 'newbie' linux distros are actually designed to look and act very similar to windows . . . but without the hassle windows brings
Grab an old (working) laptop someone is throwing away and start to experiment Mr K . . you may be pleasantly surprised