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why did you switch?
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When my last PC died around 2019, I had to use a spare, hand-me-down laptop that could barely run windows 7. I was already exposed to Linux back then, and that I was counting on its reputation to run on a potato. I installed Ubuntu (kind of a bad choice, perhaps) on that ancient laptop and it ran surprisingly well! I didn't look back at that point, even after that laptop died (of old age) and I got a new PC.
Why Ubuntu is considered a bad choice?
Well, it wasn't the best choice on laptop that is already quite old and underpowered. I didn't know back then, but there are lightweight Linux distros that would have served me better.
The laptop only had 4GB of RAM. I forgot about its processor, but it was decent for 2007. Even then, it was able to run, without much trouble, so long as you don't do much. Watch the CPU and memory usage and it's mostly ok.