I'm thinking of buy a Lenovo Thinkpad X230 for $225. I own a copy of Linux in a Nutshell 5th ed. which I bought for 25 cents at a goodwill. Is there any advice or suggestions someone can give me before I pull the trigger? I am a beginner in linux, although I did get mint running on an old laptop a few years back.

edit: I ended up buying a Thinkpad x250. I am excited.

  • superdoctorman [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    I just spent an hour on the arch Linux wiki; I also watched part of a YouTube video tutorial. I can't really make heads or tails of it. I'm going to try Fedora and learn more about Linux and the command line. Maybe down the road I'll try Arch. Thank you for the input.

    • synesthesia [they/them]
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      4 years ago

      For sure. Arch would be a bottom-up approach to learning, while a preconfigured distro is top-down, sort of. Good luck in any case.