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submitted 1 year ago by Fungus@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

I have an old Subnotebook (at least 10 years old I think) which runs Windows 7 atm. I would like to run Linux on it. I‘m a Linux noob, but would like to try and learn a few things. Any recommendations?

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[-] Omniformative@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I would just buy a cheap RAM stick and install one of the mainstream distrobutions with KDE Plasma on it. You can turn off most of the desktop effects and unnecessary background services.

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