On 16/03/2020 12:19, John wrote:
On Monday, March 16, 2020 at 12:15:15 PM UTC, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 16/03/2020 12:10, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 16/03/2020 12:02, John wrote:
Also, what is the best version of Linux for a Lenovo 310 laptop as
there are so many?

Linux Mint MATE 64 bit latest version
I can support you on that...

https://linuxmint.com/edition.php?id=276

Thanks.

What about sound drivers, etc?

All included.

MINT will give you out of the box everything you need except POSSIBLY
the best video drivers and the wifi drivers. Because these are 'non
free' but once the machine is up preferably on the internet via a CAT5
cable, you can launch the 'drivers' program that searches the hardware
and tells you what else you need. As long as you have an internet
connection it will then update itself to the suggestions if you click OK


I checked and it runs whatsapp web in firefox OK

The beauty of taking the existing drive out and making it a USB drive is
that you can copy data off it and even put it back in if all else goes
wrong.

TBH the default installation covers 99% of what you will probably need.
I install a few more multimedias apps and a few more desktop publishing
apps on the desktop, but the laptop is pure vanilla 19.3 mint these days
plus only VLC


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