I have an older HP laptop from 2019 that's struggling with Windows 10. It has 4GB of RAM and is running quite slow. I'm planning to download a Linux distribution using a flash drive. I'm looking for something that's user-friendly since I'm only familiar with the basics of Linux and have used Fedora in the past. Any recommendations on lightweight Linux distros that would work well on my laptop?
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I’d recommend going with Linux Mint. It's super user-friendly and should work just fine on your older hardware. If you're okay with exploring a bit more, you could consider Lubuntu or Fedora LXQt, as they’re lighter on resources but still familiar enough if you came from a Windows background.
Absolutely! I've been using Mint for a while and it’s just seamless.