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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).
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Thinkpads are awesome. They aren't as good as they used to be, but they still work great for linux.
Why mint?
I use mint as my "TV room" OS. It's worked pretty well so far.
I hear that a lot but I got a new e14 amd on special it was so cheap. It's not the most powerful but i put 32gbs of ram and a 2tb nvme in it runs arch on it and its a cool little machine.
The ram and the hard drive cost more than the laptop. Would I have bought this thing for retail? Prob not, I resent giving money to Lenovo directly.
Yup, it's hard to justify supporting Lenovo, but work buys mine, so I'm not gonna complain too much about it.