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@lemmy.mlBut running an older kernel, wouldn't you get an older "experience", perhaps less features, etc.?
perfect, so it sorta just depends on the specs like ram and such? are their any other things like cpus that I should be looking for?
I'm sorry, but what exactly do you mean by backwards compatibility? Like if I installed the latest version of say Ubuntu, it will automatically scale back the kernel to one that fits the specs of my computer?
so basically if the computer has the specs that meet the distros newest version's requirements, it theoretically should be gold?
I may give Linux Lite a try, which is of course xfce based. Void I hear is very good, but after researching it a bit, I feel it's more complicated or advanced than what it appears. more for like advanced users that really know how to work linux. i'm more intermediate.
I guess in my case, for say software/firmware/driver purposes, i'm looking for a machine that is more open source maybe is the right word? less windows based and more agnostic with that sorta stuff
Thanks! but when it comes to linux hardware vendors like those, for me at least, it's hard to know which ones are good and which ones are bad or unknowns. also, i did look into the lower grade star labs and there was something about the processors they used.... i did a little reading and they got poor marks for being uber slow or something. i could have misinterpreted things though.
Nope, i dont even really know what they are; always thought they were purely game related and im not a gamer. is it basically like a mini pc?
good to know, thanks. arch is out of my comfort zone lol though I have ambitions to slowly work my way into it with something easy. I used manjaro years ago and loved it. seems to have a bad rep, but I think their distro is most functional and beautiful, but again, i'm no Arch expert
man, can't afford their gear unfortunately. my plan was to get my dell xps 13 9310 fixed (bios stuck in manufacturing mode) then sell that and use whatever I make to purchase my next device. in the mean time I get to use this old old probably decade old asus machine :)