Hello! My old laptops hard drive packed it in, so I got a new one and now need to flash drive an operating system on it. I think this is my time to give Linux a proper go. I tried it before for my gaming PC but switched for a cracked Windows key because I was young and not bothered to learn.

Well, now is my chance to give it another go. I’m looking for a Linux optimised for performance on an HP 255 G7. Threadbare, but not so bare that it’ll require me to do a load of complicated stuff to do the basics. I’ll just be using it for YouTube and Google docs really. Any help/advice/orders are appreciated.

Thanks!

  • u/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org)English
    5•9 months ago

    Oh, hey! I have HP 255 G7! Linux Mint works on it nicely. It also has driver manager that easily allows you to install the WiFi driver, in case you have the same RTL8821CE I do. Otherwise this is relevant: https://github.com/tomaspinho/rtl8821ce

    Also keep in mind it still can’t do miracles if you have the version with HDD. Mine has a 5,400RPM SMR HDD. So probably the slowest modern-day kind of storage it could have. With Manjaro it still takes a few minutes to boot up.

    • MaoTheLawn [any, any]OPEnglish
      2•9 months ago

      Ah, mines the one with the m.2 SSD slot (or something like that) - I replaced it with a nice fast one for £30 and it’s running like a dream. Much faster than it was before.

      Crucial P3 500GB M.2 PCIe Gen3 NVMe Internal SSD - Up to 3500MB/s - CT500P3SSD8

      You should be able to replace the HDD with one of the bigger SSD’s though? Isn’t the bracket for it built in?