Comments on: Friday T&A: Switch Flip Edition

By: JohnC911

JohnC911 — Sun, 21 Sep 2025 23:36:05 +0000

In reply to Didact. Thank you. I will give it a try this weekend

By: Sardaukar

Sardaukar — Sun, 21 Sep 2025 21:54:38 +0000

The left (Soviets to be precise) invented Cancel Culture. I tend to think of it coming from the right is more of a Consequence Culture. Nonetheless, results should be the same, and then some IHMO. That’s the only thing they are able to understand.

By: Didact

Didact — Sun, 21 Sep 2025 10:01:08 +0000

In reply to JohnC911.

Hey brother – yes, it is very easy indeed to put Linux, of whatever flavour, onto an older laptop. My personal recommendations are Linux Mint (Ubuntu/Debian-based, if you like the Windows 10 layout and look/feel, Mint will be instantly familiar) and Garuda Linux (Arch-based, optimised for gaming and multimedia). You may know this already, but the simplest way to test is to create a bootable USB drive – lots of information on how to do that, it’s easy and takes only about 5min once you have downloaded the distribution. This will allow you to test-drive the Linux distribution of your choice in a live environment, and check that all the peripherals work and the software is useful, etc.

By: JohnC911

JohnC911 — Sun, 21 Sep 2025 08:21:09 +0000

Hey Didactic, I know you done an article on linux years ago. I am going to switch since Windows 10 is ending on the 14 October. I would like to know if laptops are easy to change or maybe I should get a new PC and install a Linux OS. Anyway I pray you are doing well