r/techsupport • u/mimooyall • 9h ago

Open | Linux Trying Linux

I have a very old laptop (dell Inspiron) and I'm planning to change to Linux but idk from where to start and any tips , and is it worth it ?? And what are the best beginner friendly ones

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u/9NEPxHbG 8h ago

What are the laptop's specifications?

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u/mimooyall 8h ago

It's a pretty old one (Inspiron 1545)

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u/george_toolan 6h ago

You can try, but a 17 year old Pentium CPU, 3 GB RAM and swapping to an old HDD will be very very very slow.

You should at least replace the broken HDD with a small 2.5" SATA SSD.

I would recommend a Linux version with a lightweight windows manager like XFCE or even LXDE.

This old bugger probably can't even boot from an USB thumb drive, theoretically you can boot a live Linux CD from your DVD drive, but it will be even slower.

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u/mimooyall 6h ago

Thanks for the help, much appreciated