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[โ€“] [email protected] -1 points 1 month ago (11 children)

So how would I go about installing Linux on my shitty $200 refurbished Dell laptop? Would it continue to support my USB docking station with mouse keyboard and three monitors? What about remoting into work?

I don't otherwise particularly do anything on it. No gaming or any such thing.

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago
  1. Download image
  2. Flash to USB
  3. Reboot
  4. Follow instructions
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