Using Linux for the first time - eviltoast

I’m going to replace my host os on my shitty laptop with Linux specifically puppy Linux or alpine Linux from scratch and I need to know how will I get started and make it easier for myself, I use a HP notebook 540

  • Eager Eagle@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    It seems your machine has 4GB of RAM, in which case you can run KDE (for example) quite comfortably and don’t necessarily need a lightweight-focused desktop environment. So I’d say to go with a popular distro, as the other comment suggested, and not a niche one. Then pick the DE you like from videos/screenshots.