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Re: What linux will run on my laptop?

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On Sun, 10 Feb 2019 13:01:26 -0800 (PST)
wexfordpress <culletonpl@gmail.com> wrote:

> Just bought a refurbished HP laptop. It lacks a  CDROM drive.
> Slackware won't boot from any of the 4 usb drives. Is there a distro
> that can be downloaded and then installed from the existing Windoze
> OS? The current win 10 is not useable in my opinion. 
> 
> John Culleton

I have a refurbished HP Desktop.  To get to the boot menu hold down the
F9 key or Esc for Setup.

Download Linux Mint Cinnamon 19.1 from here:

https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=3669

Put it on a USB stick.  Use the boot menu to find it, it will install.

You will have the choice of erasing the drive, or installing alongside
Windows.

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What linux will run on my laptop? wexfordpress <culletonpl@gmail.com> - 2019-02-10 13:01 -0800
  Re: What linux will run on my laptop? root <NoEMail@home.org> - 2019-02-10 21:13 +0000
  Re: What linux will run on my laptop? Henrik Carlqvist <Henrik.Carlqvist@deadspam.com> - 2019-02-11 07:02 +0000
  Re: What linux will run on my laptop? Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2019-02-11 19:45 +0100
    Re: What linux will run on my laptop? Jerry Peters <jerry@example.invalid> - 2019-02-11 21:18 +0000
  Re: What linux will run on my laptop? Michael Black <mblack@pubnix.net> - 2019-02-14 14:27 -0500
  Re: What linux will run on my laptop? Johnny <johnny@invalid.net> - 2019-02-14 13:54 -0600
  Re: What linux will run on my laptop? Adrian Caspersz <email@here.invalid> - 2019-02-15 10:40 +0000

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