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I have been using alpine on a Chromebook. Its similar to Debian, but is very small. I use sway on Wayland, its not hard to learn, but most desktops are available. If your just playingwithe the laptop, try it out. Following the instructions is not as hard as it seems. https://alpinelinux.org/
I tried it out and it may be a little advanced for me. I didn't realize all the commands are different from regular debian. I have enough trouble remembering commands from 1 distro ha!I did get it installed but from there kind of stuck
Hey you tried it. That's an achievement. Good job. Sorry it didn't work out.
Its definitely for the more advanced users !
Maybe. The documentation is a bit unclear in areas. If you get through the setup script and have the system installed. Its just using the scripts to set up a desktop. Then it really behaves like any other distro.