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Bought an extra stick of memory and a 1tb ssd for a used 2013 laptop. Made a usb iso of mint, put the new memory in, stuck the clean ssd in (zero formatting), booted the device from the usb and installed mint.

Granted I know the learning curve really begins now but, unless someone is absolutely against learning something new, I heartily recommend at least trying a user friendly linux distro like mint.

FYI: Tor browser is much faster.

Bought an extra stick of memory and a 1tb ssd for a used 2013 laptop. Made a usb iso of mint, put the new memory in, stuck the clean ssd in (zero formatting), booted the device from the usb and installed mint. Granted I know the learning curve really begins now but, unless someone is absolutely against learning something new, I heartily recommend at least trying a user friendly linux distro like mint. FYI: Tor browser is much faster.
[–] • 4 pts

I hope you find this computer to be a great daily driver!

You probably have libre office already, but that will be your word processor, spreadsheet, etc.

If you need games try Steam which has a big selection of games for Linux.

Gimp is a full featured Photoshop alternative and is excellent.

VLC is the "everything" player for movies and music and supports podcasts too.

Tor is great, but I think poal blocks Tor, so you need a normal browser. Try Firefox ESR to be conservative, but there are heaps of options.

Evolution is a common email and calendar program.

You should be able to move in to Mint and make it work well. Welcome aboard!

[–] • 4 pts

I just did the same thing. I have an old Getac laptop that I was thinking of getting rid of and Linux on an ssd woke it right up. I've been using Linux in some form since 1996, and while I did learn a lot from distros like Slackware, I'm at a point where I just want the stuff to mostly just work. Mint is nice, easy to install and maintain, and if I f*ck it up, it has timeshift to bring it right back.

Have fun with it.

[–] • 4 pts

Good work. Post here if you run into problems. Lot's of people here are using Linux for a lot of different things.

You are going to find that most things "just work" almost to a surprising degree.

[–] • 2 pts

I'm still happy with Linux Mint.

[–] • 2 pts

And it just keeps getting easier. If all you do is email and utoob there really is no learning curve at all.

[–] • 1 pt

Installing Linux can either be a dream or a nightmare.

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I looked at lots of tutorials that required cloning software and backing up and other stuff. I decided since the laptop I bought had no important data, I'd take a chance. Put in the new ssd with a usb boot and install of the linux distro.

Worked a treat and now I'ma playin' with linux.