I have a #Linux question. I'm trying to convert my old AlienWare from windows to Linux. Can anyone help?
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Download a Linux iso and use Rufus to make a bootable USB. Then make sure in your bios settings you enable booting from USB and then boot into your Linux distro live USB and install it on your computer
very important is the choice of distro.. i am using archlinux and nixos, but those are quite hard for newcommers... I would recommend kde neon to start with: https://neon.kde.org/download
take the user edition.
You can use https://apps.kde.org/isoimagewriter/ to burn it to USB drive (larger than the iso).
!! Warning - the usb flashdrive will be formated !!
backup all your files from windows, as you will wipe the laptop clean, then reboot and keep pressing F12 to get to the boot menu.
select the flash drive and boot the live linux from the USB. Install using the installer after the bootup.
That should be it for the start π
I got it. Thanks!
KDE neon is not meant for daily tasks.
From their website
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You should use KDE neon if you are an adventurous KDE enthusiast who wants the latest and greatest from the KDE community as soon as itβs
Find one of the most common ones like Linux mint or ubut. Those are the safer bet. If you don't like it move to another one that do not have the things you didn't like
Love mint?
Is your system 32-bit or 64-bit? I'd like to make a recommendation based upon that.
I figured it out. Just starting out with Mint.
Ai works better for this
Should be ez for Dell.
Begin with reading
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:X86/Full/Installation/en