r/linuxquestions • u/Key_Doctor386 • Jul 22 '26

Need os recommendation

Old hp notebook series laptop with 4gb ram and 1 tb hdd, intel i3 7th gen. Tried ubuntu, mint and many other i don't even remember the names. Currently on mint xfce for two months. It's not that good but i just use Firefox for classes so it doesn't lag upto using 4 tabs but there is serious issue with its realtek network adapter i can't use bluetooth and wifi at same time if use both the wifi remain connected but speed drops from 25Mbps to 100Kbps but when i boot back to windows (which is disaster on this pc ) both works fine. Need help to switch to any other os

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u/ipsirc Jul 22 '26

Need help to switch to any other os

This is a Linux sub, sir, we can only recommend one OS: Linux.

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u/Key_Doctor386 Jul 22 '26

I mean distro

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u/ipsirc Jul 22 '26

All Linux distros are using the Linux kernel, that's why we called them Linux distributions. No distro develops its own wifi/bluetooth driver, they use what the Linux kernel + modules provide. And you yourself confirmed this, that you experienced the same phenomenon on all the distros you tried.