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The Story Continues.
Currently I successfully run Linux Mint 21.1 XFCE and Linux Mint 20.3, on all four computers that I own.
My oldest machine which is 16 years old now, currently runs Linux Mint 20.3 XFCE. Mostly because I was unable to boot it into Linux Mint 21.1 XFCE. There is just something in the installer that puts the boot files in a location that the old BIOS can't find them. Even if you manually partition it so that there is no efi partition, somehow those files end up in the wrong place for that machine. So it's currently stuck on Linux Mint 20.3 XFCE.
Currently I run my Laptop off of Windows 7 on an internal hard drive, and run Linux Mint 20.3 XFCE on a fully installed USB drive. I keep Windows 7 around for the reasons I mentioned above in my first post. I use the Linux install when I want to take that computer online.
Back in 2016 I built a Desktop Computer, with the idea of running Linux and Windows on it. I consulted with people in the Linux Mint forums and the cupoflinux forums. The only upgrade I had to do was install an nvidia card to get the video to work correctly. I still use that computer today.
My other machine, the one I started talking about the most here, is the HP machine. While it doesn't do very well with Debian or Debian based distros. It does good with Linux Mint 21.3 xfce, and based on my tests many others.
The Story Continues.
Currently I successfully run Linux Mint 21.1 XFCE and Linux Mint 20.3, on all four computers that I own.
My oldest machine which is 16 years old now, currently runs Linux Mint 20.3 XFCE. Mostly because I was unable to boot it into Linux Mint 21.1 XFCE. There is just something in the installer that puts the boot files in a location that the old BIOS can't find them. Even if you manually partition it so that there is no efi partition, somehow those files end up in the wrong place for that machine. So it's currently stuck on Linux Mint 20.3 XFCE.
Currently I run my Laptop off of Windows 7 on an internal hard drive, and run Linux Mint 20.3 XFCE on a fully installed USB drive. I keep Windows 7 around for the reasons I mentioned above in my first post. I use the Linux install when I want to take that computer online.
Back in 2016 I built a Desktop Computer, with the idea of running Linux and Windows on it. I consulted with people in the Linux Mint forums and the cupoflinux forums. The only upgrade I had to do was install an nvidia card to get the video to work correctly. I still use that computer today.
My other machine, the one I started talking about the most here, is the HP machine. While it doesn't do very well with Debian or Debian based distros. It does good with Linux Mint 21.3 xfce, and based on my tests many others.
The Story Continues.
