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Thunderbeast

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2. I tried loading Linux Mint and Ubuntu on a 13 yr old desktop.

Reply to Captain Zero (Original post)

Mon Jul 29, 2019, 09:49 PM

Jul 2019

I had no success, as the bios would not load.

When I found Linux Lite, it booted up. This distro also easily found and configured my printer driver. Give it a try if other distros fail.

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I am considering converting an old Win 10 HP laptop to Linux. Opinions? [View all] Captain Zero Jul 2019 OP

maybe this will help... Hermit-The-Prog Jul 2019 #1

I tried loading Linux Mint and Ubuntu on a 13 yr old desktop. Thunderbeast Jul 2019 #2

Go for it. I did it with an old Dell with Linux Mint. It was a Dell Dimension 8100 from 2001. TheBlackAdder Jul 2019 #3

I have an ancient Win7 laptop that I turned into dual boot with Ubuntu and it works just fine... TreasonousBastard Jul 2019 #4