Handled a ThinkPad today. What distro should I go with? Ubuntu? Arch?

a year ago by ifiokambrose to c/linux

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punrca 11 points a year ago

Unrelated 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.

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