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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.
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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!