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I installed Linux Mint for the first time on my personal Laptop just a few months ago, and it ran so well that I didn't want to mess with it to try out different distros.

But today, my company's IT department announced that they have some spare old Laptops to give away (technically because they didn't meet the specs for Windows 11, didn't stop the IT department from giving them out with Windows 11 pre installed though)

So now I got a few devices to play around with!! They're a Precision 7530 and a Latitude 7390 2-in-1!

I already got ZorinOS running on the little guy because apparently Zorin is nice for Touchscreen support. For the big guy I was initially thinking that I could try Bazzite, but the installer was like "Intel UHD Graphics aren't really recommended" so I might try something else first. Any recommendations? I mainly just want to try as many different flavors of Linux as I can haha

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[-] original_reader@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 days ago

An OpenSuse distro. Something like Tumbleweed should run quite well on a machine like your Dell.

[-] Pika@rekabu.ru 1 points 4 days ago

Entry point: Manjaro. Yes, many will tell it's not super stable in the long run, but since you plan on jumping from one to the other, this doesn't matter. What does matter is that it's simple, fast, and gets you up to speed with latest Linux developments without any stress. It's easy, it's fun, and you can go anywhere from there

After some experience: OpenSUSE Tumbleweed. This thing is a tinkerer's paradise. Solid foundation and the newest software, snapshots beautifully configured by default so you could unwind everything, and no unnecessary guardrails so you can do whatever you want. However, it expects the user to know at least a little of what they're doing, so it's not a novice choice.

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