Which laptop and distro would you recommend for a Linux newb (someone who has never used Linux)? Preferably hardware with decent battery life and isn’t horribly slow.

Update: Walked away with this Dell Inspiron i5 3520 with Best Buy’s black friday deal: https://www.bestbuy.com/site/sku/6553026.p

  • ciko22i3@sopuli.xyz
    6·
    10 months ago

    ThinkPad T420 (I’m kidding a bit, bit you can consider it if you find one extremely cheap)

      • ciko22i3@sopuli.xyz
        1·
        10 months ago

        Also the battery life is not great, but you can buy a bigger battery (i didn’t try it). For basic use it’s a great little laptop if you put an SSD in it.

          • Kolgeirr@sh.itjust.works
            2·
            10 months ago

            I got an aftermarket 9 cell battery on Amazon for like $30, mine has 8 hours of battery life at idle now in Mint with the brightness all the way up. Highly recommended. Three SSDs, 16GB of RAM, but otherwise stock T420.

            • altasshet@lemmy.ca
              1·
              10 months ago

              I’m on my second battery, this has been my main personal computer (gaming aside) for over ten years. Maybe it deserves one more extension on life… I’ll think about it!

                • ouRKaoS@lemmy.today
                  1·
                  9 months ago

                  Everything is telling me that this is obviously fake and there’s no way it could exist, but there’s a small part of me saying “there’s someone out there that would do this…” Like a 25 pin serial to USB adapter.