It is insanely configurable though, as shown by Zorin OS Lite.

From what I’ve heard, openSUSE Tumbleweed is the most stable rolling release distribution around. It automatically checks packages, before releasing them. As for desktop environments, Xfce is a great one, if you add some addons (e.g., Whisker menu).

Yeah, with the exception that is some (a lot) of the laptops, and many pre-builts too. But they are a lot better than consoles nonetheless, no matter which other (Desktop, Laptop, even Tablets if you’re looking for a challenge) you use. I’m still rocking on my Intel Celeron N3060!

On with my Intel Celeron! Long live game optimization!

That hardware is very powerful, so Linux Mint (maybe Debian Edition) will do the trick.

I understand where you’re coming from, but there are some flaws with your reasoning:

• About Kernel anti-cheats: if you wish, you can dual-boot Windows and any GNU+Linux distro, without any issues.
• The LibreOffice thing: there is OnlyOffice, and even M$ Office has Open Document format compatibility.

I think so too. I just checked his profile, and it’s riddled with overly controversial opinions, to ridiculous extents.

Not that bad - the start menu opens in about 2 seconds, but some apps can take much longer (highly depends, but up to 6-10 seconds). I can easily work with a minimal, Windows 9x layout, if that means I will get a significant performance boost.

I do play Minecraft 1.8.9 competitively, but would using Wayland help with that?

Yeah, it does feel like Windows XP, but that’s also the beauty of it - I can customize it using the graphical editors, since the UI is not confusing, just outdated.

Thanks for this kind answer! I might game a bit on it (I am probably going to be the last person to stop playing Minecraft 1.8.9), but I don’t know how much better Wayland is. I can tinker a bit of the settings, but not too much. I also have another laptop that has half the specs (but a better CPU, for some reason) that I might use as a lab rat.

Web browsing, writing, playing Minecraft, and maybe some more things.

I think because: 1: I have a tiny bit of technical experience, although none with a Linux system. That’s enough to use something more advanced 2: Cinnamon is basically on par with KDE, in terms of performance, which is not good at all, since my laptop’s specifications are particularly sub-par.

Is one of the requirements you’re talking about the storage usage? If so, then yeah, that is a problem for me.

Mine’s cb0XX, from 2018! Can you tell me the distro that worked best, for it?

Thank you for answering! I am adding Linux Mint XFCE to my list for sure, but I have a question: is it possible to add cutting edge repositories, for Mint? Also, non-libre software is not a concern; I wouldn’t use any, other than drivers and blobs.

Wayland? I will be sure to keep that one on my notes! What are the storage requirements, though? Another thing is that my laptop might be using Legacy BIOS, so systemd isn’t compatible with it. If that’s so, does Fedora use GRUB as a fallback? I just want to be sure that I do not mess up my laptop - it is the only one I have, and I can’t afford to buy another one.

I did do some research, and there is a YouTube channel called “Old PC Gunk and Stuff”, that tried out a laptop (that has very similar specs to mine (same model, too), but mine has twice the storage and RAM), with multiple Linux Distros and Windows 11 LTSC.

Apparently, Mokha (Bodhi uses it and he tested it out, altho Chromium outperforms Firefox) and IceWM (AntiX uses it, and AntiX uses Firefox and yet outperformed all other than Mokha by twice the performance).

One downside though is that both Mokha and IceWM are X11-bases, albeit I’m not aware of how bad that is, security-wise.