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After over a year since our move to Greece, we finally found back one of our laptops. This is a DELL Vostro V130, from 2010. The internal drive & the battery don't work anymore even if I replaced both 2 yrs ago (battery died again, while the hdd controller was actually dead).I was able to install Linux Mint 22.1 on an external USB stick, in BIOS mode. It works great. No reason to throw it away and create e-waste! It works just fine enough!

- What problem do you have?
- It gets very hot, and fans are very loud.
- What's the brand of the laptop?
- NEMO
- Nemo? Like in "Finding Nemo?"
- Yes
- Not Acer, ASUS, MSI, Lenovo... just "NEMO"?
- Yes, I 've already told you.
- Are you sure madam?
- Yes, very sure.
- And... how do you know is "NEMO"?
- When I turn it on it reflects the brand on the wall.

#Laptops#Laptop#HP

What #Linux distribution would you recommend for a non-technical person who is getting their first #laptop? The only "computer" they've been using so far has been their #iPhone.

They have no prior experience with #Android or #Windows or #MacOS. So, what would be quickest Linux for them to get used to?

Use case would just be storing/viewing photos, reading/writing text documents, checking email and web browsing (mostly for shopping).