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  • 2ManyGuns

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    I recently purchased am inexpensive micro-pc with an Intel chipset/video, 500Gb SSD C:\ drive and 16 Gb RAM. I added a 1 Tb SSD for loading programs and data storage. Works fine for streaming and surfing, no problem with a couple of 27 inch Samsung monitors.

    What I'm interested in is experimenting with some Linux Distros on my old PC, which is an original I7 CPU, 16 Gb Ram and 5 VelociRaptor HDD, and an older video Nvidia card that still functions fine. This PC is no longer WinDoze compliant. Before WinDoze 11 tried to install and borked things it ran and functioned fine for my current uses. I'm interested in playing with Linux. I have not spent much time keeping up with tech/software in the last 10 years, the last linux distro I played with was probably 15-20 years ago. I'm just looking for somewhere to start, Peppermint seems to be a reasonable choice, or Zorin OS since I have become a lazy WinDoze user.

    Any leads would be appreciated.
     

    kbaxter60

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    It's been way too long since I dabbled in it, but used Ubuntu to create a bootable thumb drive and it worked fine. Kinda like:
     

    2ManyGuns

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    I'm d/l ing a copy of Zorin OS now, but it is an 12 hour d/l. I think the internet is frozen with this Arctic Blast! LOL.

    The Boss texted yesterday and said NOT to go to work today, I'm happy with that 300+ miles of driving in this shit and working outdoors would have been miserable today. Going to have leftover chicken w/rice soup and homemade blackberry cobbler. I prepared for this Friday and picked a bottle of Woodford Reserve and Maker's Mark in case I need some internal antifreeze of my own. If the power goes down, I can light my gas cook stove with a match and cook, and it is cold enough I can set my beer outside to chill. I had a hundred gallons of propane delivered on Friday so I have about 160 gallons in my tank. I'm set for the next couple of days.
     

    Lead Belly

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    Def give it a whirl- nothing like the old days: hunting for drivers. It gets overwhelming reading which one, so just try a few- can boot from USB stick without install to sdd.


    few nice distros
     

    no2gates

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    I've used Ubuntu, Fedora, and CentOS. Ubuntu is the most user friendly and is easiest as far as hardware compatibility goes.
     
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    JGA177

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    Def give it a whirl- nothing like the old days: hunting for drivers. It gets overwhelming reading which one, so just try a few- can boot from USB stick without install to sdd.


    few nice distros
    I remember doing the ELF linux installs back in 1996. one screwup there and you had to start over :banghead:
     

    Brains

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    I always recommend Ubuntu to start with, as they have the most polished install and first-use process out there of all the distros.
     

    Eli

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    I started using Ubuntu when they introduced their first LTS in 2006, been using Debian for over a decade for my desktop.

    I'm also going to vote for Ubuntu, it's pretty compatible and easy to install.

    Eli
    I'll add that it may be easiest and best to install 22.04.X LTS, the LTS versions only need full upgrades every 2 years instead of 6 months. I'm not sure what the default is nowadays, it's been a LONG while since I messed much with regular Ubuntu.

    Eli
     

    2ManyGuns

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    I built a Zorin Thumbdisk to boot from, just haven't set up the old PC with a monitor. Other things take priority.
     

    Jtown

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    It's been a long time but Puppy linux was good for drivers as a usb boot OS. No idea how it is now tho. I haven't messed with it in like 5 years
     

    no2gates

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    This weekend I was on reddit in the Linux sub and found someone mentioning "Hannah Montana Linux" I thought it was just a joke, but looked it up and sure as shit, it really exists. It hasn't been updated since 2008, but for giggles I downloaded and installed the ISO as a VM and fired it up.
     
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