ifiokambrose@piefed.social to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-216 hours agoHandled a ThinkPad today. What distro should I go with? Ubuntu? Arch?message-squaremessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up139arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up137arrow-down1message-squareHandled a ThinkPad today. What distro should I go with? Ubuntu? Arch?ifiokambrose@piefed.social to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-216 hours agomessage-square25fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarepunrca@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·15 hours agoUnrelated but relevant advice: Is this a refurbished laptop? Make sure to run Lenovo Diagnostics software; you can get it from official Lenovo website and check for any hardware issues during the stress testing. Check if BIOS password is removed. Test for memory RAM errors: disable secure boot in BIOS, then run Memtest86 test via a bootable USB to check for any memory errors.
Unrelated but relevant advice: Is this a refurbished laptop?