Hello. I bought a new computer recently, and the computer I’m replacing is still good, but it only works as a tablet now. I’m considering putting Linux on it, but would it be worth it or should I get rid of my old computer? Thanks!
You haven’t given any useful info. What are the specs? What do you plan to use it for? Media? Gaming? Data storage? Please be more specific.
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In general, the hardware on consumer devices is not as well supported as on business devices. And actually, older stuff is better supported than new devices. Anything between 1 and 10 years old should be ok. You can always try out Linux on USB before installing to confirm if stuff like touch, the camera, fingerprint reader or automatic display orientation work.
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In my experience, gnome is not heavier than KDE at all
Mint MATE is good for old computers, but I wonder you’d need to configure the tablet-like “touch” input manually and that could be some work.
I’ve found touch input to work OOTB in most cases, what I’ve had issues with though is screen orientation detection 😟
It’s pretty difficult to poke around with when the tablet is slow, I peronally gave up trying to create a new rotation config for an older Atom tablet
You should be able to boot from an SD card, a USB drive, or a CD to try out Linux without actually installing it on your computer’s hard drive.
