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[Handy Run]

Thanks for that advice, it would be a shame to waste it.

It might seem intimidating but if you just follow the steps it should be fine. Let me know if you get stuck.

 

[outdagap]

It might seem intimidating but if you just follow the steps it should be fine. Let me know if you get stuck.

I appreciate that, cheers

 

[HRN]

You could get win11 on it alright from a boot key but, yeah, put a linux flavour on it.
Ubuntu or Mint are simple and stable with massive app support

I've got a whole new life out of an old surface pro, with it, recently. The ONLY watch there was the touchscreen distro.

For a laptop, it's pretty plug and play

 

[Handy Run]

Yoy could get win11 on it alright from a boot key but, yeah, put a linux flavour on it.
Ubuntu or Mint are simple and stable with massive app support

I've got a whole new life out of an old surface pro, with it, recently. The ONLY watch there was the touchscreen distro.

For a laptop, it's pretty plug and play

But why bother?

Ubuntu is infinitely better if you don't need MS Office for work and even they've got browser solutions.

And if you really really need the full powered suite, work should be paying for it.

 

[HRN]

But why bother?

Ubuntu is infinitely better if you don't need MS Office for work and even they've got browser solutions.

And if you really really need the full powered suite, work should be paying for it.

Some people are like that...
Windows or nothing

 

[Handy Run]

Some people are like that...
Windows or nothing

Can't blame them, it's what they're thought. Think back on the EDCL. It was an MS Office test.

And I get that a terminal can be intimidating, I really do. But in fairness to Ubuntu, they've made it so your average Joe doesn't need it anymore.

 

[HRN]

Can't blame them, it's what they're thought. Think back on the EDCL. It was an MS Office test.

And I get that a terminal can be intimidating, I really do. But in fairness to Ubuntu, they've made it so your average Joe doesn't need it anymore.

You need it about as much as you need CMD/Terminal/Powershell... not at all unless you're doing something admin

 

[Handy Run]

You need it about as much as you need CMD/Terminal/Powershell... not at all unless you're doing something admin

There should've been a huge conversion drive for all those machines that couldn't make it to win11.

Massive missed opportunity. Especially in this economy. Pre loaded bootable USBs should've been everywhere.

Look at gapY's specs ffs. Perfectly good machine. And then some.

My PC is 10 years old and flying it. The only part that gave out was the €10 fan on the back side of it.

It's (totally legally swear on me nan) streaming live sports, developing .net core sites on VS Code. Would probably shit it's pants gaming or doing any graphics stuff but that's cos I don't have a dedicated graphics card so meh...

 

[HRN]

Being perfectly honest. I'd have swapped my primary pc over to linux too if I didn't have an Arc A770 gpu.
It was too cheap to pass up when I got it and been a €/frame beast because of that.
It's Linux compatibility is, apparently, atrocious though.

Literally the only thing stopping full swap over at this stage. So done with AI, subscription models, and ads

 

[HRN]

@outdagap How you getting on with it lad?