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I switched to Linux Mint 20 with Cinnamon desktop. I am using an old Lenovo ThinkCentre M58 with Intel Core 2 Duo processor and Samsung 860 EVO 500 GB solid state drive, with just the original 4 GB of DDR3 RAM.

You would not believe how fast this system operates.

I am an old guy in my 70’s and certainly not a computer whiz.

I did a lot of reading and found even older PC’s can operate superbly and fast with Linux. I proved it in my own machine. By the way, the Lenovo machine was given to me FREE and I just installed by own solid state hard drive.

People need to escape TODAY from the Microsoft plantation.

All older computers that do not have TPM 2.0 are out of luck, or should I say, ready to be revived with Linux. Here is the link on FOSS (Free and Open Source) Click HERE

I wonder why Microsoft is so enamored with TPM 2.0 (Trusted Platform Module). Trusted by whom? It is not public knowledge what they do inside TPM 2.0. Is it a hidden gateway for MS? My Linux Mint Cinnamon computer runs great with TPM disabled.

Good Hunting... from Varmint Al

" I switched to Linux Mint 20 with Cinnamon desktop. I am using an old Lenovo ThinkCentre M58 with Intel Core 2 Duo processor and Samsung 860 EVO 500 GB solid state drive, with just the original 4 GB of DDR3 RAM. You would not believe how fast this system operates. I am an old guy in my 70’s and certainly not a computer whiz. I did a lot of reading and found even older PC’s can operate superbly and fast with Linux. I proved it in my own machine. By the way, the Lenovo machine was given to me FREE and I just installed by own solid state hard drive. People need to escape TODAY from the Microsoft plantation. "

That presumes that the work everyone does can be done on a Lenovo ThinkCentre M58 with Intel Core 2 Duo processor and Samsung 860 EVO 500 GB solid state drive, with just the original 4 GB of DDR3 RAM, and using Linux. Or they have little idea of how much easy customization can be done with Windows. I have tried every major and many minor Linux distros, and run Mint on one desktop, but find them all lacking the scope and depth of customization available for Windows, for free. It is just not worth the time it would take to switch to Linux, though I am glad there is an alternative. Thank God.

“I switched to Linux Mint 20 with Cinnamon desktop. I am using an old Lenovo ThinkCentre M58 with Intel Core 2 Duo processor and Samsung 860 EVO 500 GB solid state drive, with just the original 4 GB of DDR3 RAM.

You would not believe how fast this system operates.

I am an old guy in my 70’s and certainly not a computer whiz.

People need to escape TODAY from the Microsoft plantation.”

Absolutely... Well done. I have doing Mint for five years now and will never look back. I installed Mint on both a 2002 32 bit E-Machine and a 32 bit 2004 HP Laptop and both work fantastic and run all the current apps and software.