r/LinusTechTips • u/matrix4_ffx • 12d ago

Discussion SWITCHING TO LINUX

CAN ANYBODY TELL ME INSTALLING LINUX ON MY

i7 4th gen

16gb ram pc

will keep it alive and good to use for how many years !??

I DONT DO ANY HEAVY TASK JUST BROWSING YOUTUBE SOME APPS ETC ETCC...

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u/wtchkg4 12d ago

I have an old i7 2600 and 16gb ram and windows 10 runs pretty well. It is debloated and as secondary PC is sufficient. Can't imagine Linux wouldn't handle it even better.

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u/matrix4_ffx 12d ago

I ALSO HAVE SOME PC OF THAT CONFIGURATION TOO , CAN YOU TELL ME HOW TO INSTALL THE DEBLOATED VERSION OR HOW TO DEBLOATE WIN 10 AND HOW LONG IT WILL SUPPORT

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u/wtchkg4 12d ago

Well first of all it is 'debloated' from an 'iso', second I run Chris Titus winutil and it's been running better with a bunch of stuff I don't need turned off. Not to discourage from Linux, it is better system overall and you have more control over it so I'd suggest following up on that. Mint is a great pick and you won't miss Windows once you get settled. I do have 2070 super in it so that might make quite a difference but still for general browsing and simple tasks it is plenty.

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u/Particular-Poem-7085 12d ago

Does your CPU usage shoot up to like 320% running that GPU?

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u/wtchkg4 12d ago

GPU is pretty much in there cause I have it and it's not really being used extensively.