It’s probably been 15 years since I’ve used Linux and Mint seems to be the recommended distro for people who aren’t all that familiar with Linux like me, but I didn’t know if there was anything I should know with this ThinkPad model that anyone is familiar with. My searching around shows people saying everything from it was painless to install to they had tons of issues and I have no idea how common either one is.

So any advice would be appreciated. Thanks!

  • qprimed@lemmy.mlEnglish
    20·
    10 months ago

    congrats on your foray into linuxland. its possibly one of the better decisions you can make for yourself. mint is a great way to start because its reasonably well polished and the UI is familiar. issues usually arise from extremely old (and likely broken) hardware or from bleeding edge hardware that does not yet have support.

    as others have said, things are likely to work pretty well right from the get-go, but, in the event of an issue, you have support! :-)

    • Jamyang@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      10 months ago

      I have a question and I don’t know if this is the right place to ask.

      I have a windows pc where I download movies and other media which I watch from my mobile using network.

      I am thinking of buying a refurb laptop to use when I am not using it for CAD/CAE works. My question is this : If I were to install a linux distro, can I view the media on my laptop as well? Like how I watch on my mobile?@

        • Jamyang@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          10 months ago

          I know plex and I have used it for an year. But I access files on my computer using my mobile without any app. Is that possible with linux?

          • Swaziboy@lemmy.worldEnglish
            4·
            10 months ago

            Yes you can access Windows shares directly and play the media from there with no issues. I do it all the time.