Installing Linux on a HP Pavilion 15-n224sa Notebook PC
 

Hi. I'm seeking to create a duel boot situation on my HP Pavilion 15-n224sa Notebook PC. I don't do games, but I watch YouTube and use LibreOffice and PDF Exchange a lot.

I really don't know what distro of Linux I should try to install, but I thought Debian might be OK, not that I can point to any sound reason for that choice.

Firstly: Is there any disro of Linux that stands out as paricularly sutable for my system? Thanks.

I wouldn't go dual boot initially, if you're just wanting to try things out. That's a good amount of effort to 'just try' things. Load Virtualbox on Windows, and create a Linux machine in that, so you can try different distros without touching your existing Windows installation. Once you're comfortable, then move forward.

I'd suggest Mint as your distro, as it's most user friendly, based on Debian, and supports a ton of different hardware.

I'd strongly recommend that the OP consider purchasing a USB stick of at least 16 to 32 GB and configure a distribution such as Ubuntu with persistence. I'll be the first on to admit that the tutorial linked below may be over the Ops head.

https://kb.uconn.edu/space/IKB/10763...Persistent+USB)

You posted the name of the notebook but that doesn't tell much about the hardware. You have the question so should post details because it is not realistic to expect people here to do an online search for you. For the things you describe in your post, any major Linux should do the job. The site at the link below is a good source of information for a large number of Linux systems and has info and links to most all major Linux systems. If you scroll down a bit and look to the right you will see Page Hit Ranking.


https://distrowatch.com/

Hi. I've just realised I've misdirected myself. What I want to do, is to install a distro of Linux on a "Intel NUC NUC5PPYH N3700 2.4GHz 8GB RAM 240GB SSD WiFi BT 4K HDMI" - piece of kit. I'll make another post indicating the model that I'm seeking to install a version of Linux on. Comments made noted.

If a moderator wants to delete this entire thread - it's OK by me. Richard

richard7049,

If you wish to install, for example, Linux Mint 21.3 MATE on your Intel NUC, then I suggest you look at the general procedure shown in post #4 here:
https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=294318

Download LM 21.3 MATE from:
https://www.linuxmint.com/edition.php?id=312

You can create a bootable USB stick with Rufus on your Windows machine:

https://ubuntu.com/tutorials/create-...ows#1-overview

Using GParted, format the NUC's drive as GPT for UEFI:

Gparted > Device > Create Partition Table > Advanced > msdos > gpt> Apply.

GParted download:
https://gparted.org/download.php