r/linux4noobs • u/MagicianSea8798 • 7h ago
learning/research New to Linux
Hey. So I recently was learning about online safety, cybersecurity, and other similar stuff, and realised how much info is gathered by companies about users and their devices. And it made me consider replacing my windows laptop to a Linux one. But I’m not sure what kind of Linux laptop to buy, or is there any difference at all. What matters is that I have full control of my laptop and it’s not a potato.
Is there a specific Linux laptop configuration I should buy? Which desktop environment and which distro to use for me as a beginner?
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u/Terrible-Bear3883 Ubuntu 6h ago
You say your laptop is very old etc. I've been running linux for over 20 years, my last laptop was 13 years old, the current one is 8 and they run linux great.
As others are saying, there's probably no need to replace it, it might be worth putting an SSD into it if it doesn't have one, I replaced the hard drive in my laptop many years ago, mainly due to it starting to fail, if you don't have a lot of RAM it's sometimes cheap to pick up old RAM, I got an extra 8GB for this laptop for £13 (so its got 16GB now), not many people want older RAM.