Cool, sorry you have pneumonia. I'll check back with you on simpleX when I have a chance to get into this. So I can use the HP LT I mentioned?
Thanks a bunch!
Discussion
These things are never YES or NO answers. But lets go with YES 😃
I have a personal disdain for HP machines, the only thing I can see us having trouble with worse case scenario is the wifi. But we might get lucky.
If the wifi is not supported by linux, worse case scenario you will have to plug in an ethernet cable, or share wifi over bluetooth/USB tether from a spare tablet of phone.
assuming this is all for educational purposes that shouldnt be too bad.. again im talking about worst case scenario here.
Dont worry too much about the formatting, most linux distros take care of that for you during installation.
if you are ok with all this, then I recommend you start with something like EndeavourOS, this will skip the overwhelming installation of Arch Linux and give you a GUI out of the box without any other unncessary packages. A the same time it wont make things too easy for you so you will still get experience with command line stuff.
Im assuming you want this to be a learning experience and best practice stuff right?
Correct!
Is there a nice laptop designed for https://endeavouros.com/news/our-refresh-release-endeavour-neo-is-available/
I'm kinda old and want to learn and be more free but don't want to spend tons of time on it.
I always say you can't go wrong with a ThinkPad.
Or I can ship you a crappy HP if you pay for shioping label.
Thanks for offer! I'm gonna save up and get a laptop that BitTiger reco'd...sounds perfect!
I'm gonna by pass the misery of experimenting on my HP ;o)
I appreciate both you guys input, you're both awesome!
Hope you're feeling better everyday!
Thanks to both of ya, I don't like HP either. Just was thinking of experimenting on it to learn. Instead, got a reco on a somewhat affordable laptop that has all this installed and or designed for it?