I have an old Subnotebook (at least 10 years old I think) which runs Windows 7 atm. I would like to run Linux on it. I‘m a Linux noob, but would like to try and learn a few things. Any recommendations?

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    1 year ago

    And therefore it should not be recommended to Linux beginners… It is not a beginner distro.

    • 𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      There is no such thing as a “beginner distro”. There are distros that need little to no intelligence to set up and maintain. Arch needs you to read and follow instructions. It is a myth that it is impossible for beginners to use Arch. There are several good installations instructions in the wiki, select one and follow it till the end.

      There are also plenty of Arch derivates that preconfigure the system for you.

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        1 year ago

        It’s not impossible, but it’s unnecessarily tidious… Especially when with other distros you can just follow a 4 Step wizard and get a similar result.

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        1 year ago

        You’re way too deep in the linux world lol.

        There are distros that need little to no intelligence to set up and maintain.

        One might call that… suited for beginners.

        • 𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬@lemmy.ml
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          1 year ago

          You’re way too deep in the linux world

          Yep.

          beginners

          Beginners need to learn anyways, why not skip the “not-for-beginners stuff” and go all in? :)

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            1 year ago

            Beginners need to learn anyways, why not skip the “not-for-beginners stuff” and go all in?

            Because most people will likely want something that works out of the box so they can learn over time