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.
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.