So. I’ve received this old HP Pavililon pc

  • Processor: Intel® Core™ i7-5500U CPU @ 2.40GHz 2.39 GHz
  • RAM: 8,00 GB
  • HD: 932 GB HDD HGST HTS541010A9E680
  • Graphic: NVIDIA GeForce 940M (2 GB), Intel® HD Graphics 5500 (128 MB)
  • Intel® Dual Band Wireless-AC 3160
  • Synaptics SMBus TouchPad

I’ve updated and skin to the bone win 10 (fk 11). I’ll still keep some space for the old Granpa10 for some software but i’ll give a good chunk of space to a linux distro for my daily use.

My favorite one are Fedora and Linux Mint (I’m a noob, i know). I’ve already installed Fedora on older pc with mixed results (everything works great except the wifi antenna), also i’m not a huge fan of the slider interface, i want some windows10-like dark interface and a decent support for all my hardware and the mid nvidia graphic.

I would like a smooth installation if possible. So, what you suggest?

  • banazir@lemmy.ml
    3·
    18 hours ago

    Since you have experience with Mint, why not go with Debian with KDE Plasma? I have it on my laptop and it’s Debian, old reliable, I like that stability on a laptop, so that I’m less likely to have issues on the go. Debian isn’t the friendliest distro to new users, sure, but if you can figure out Fedora, you can figure out Debian.

  • macniel@feddit.org
    6·
    22 hours ago

    What do you mean with Slider Interface? The Overview from GNOME? Maybe consider then KDE as it comes close to the base Windows UI.

    Also nothing’s wrong or noobish with using Linux Mint.

    I would suggest to have a USB Stick and have Ventoy installed on it, then put a ton of different Distributions (Fedora, Linux Mint Debian Edition, whatever,…) to check if everything (especially the Wifi Modem) works great.