ifiokambrose to [email protected]English • edit-25 months agoHandled a ThinkPad today. What distro should I go with? Ubuntu? Arch?message-square41fedilinkarrow-up163
arrow-up163message-squareHandled a ThinkPad today. What distro should I go with? Ubuntu? Arch?ifiokambrose to [email protected]English • edit-25 months agomessage-square41fedilink
minus-squarepunrcalinkfedilinkEnglish12•5 months agoUnrelated but relevant advice: Is this a refurbished laptop? Make sure to run Lenovo Diagnostics software; you can get it from official Lenovo website and check for any hardware issues during the stress testing. Check if BIOS password is removed. Test for memory RAM errors: disable secure boot in BIOS, then run Memtest86 test via a bootable USB to check for any memory errors.
Unrelated but relevant advice: Is this a refurbished laptop?