Okay, so if i wanted to convert this laptop to Linux, where should i begin?
And let me start by saying that it’s an HP spectre x360 convertible 13, and it’s valuable to me that i can fold it into a tent and use the touch screen to control a movie as the tent is propped on the little table in front of me airplane seat.
(And I’m really cranky that Netflix won’t let me download movies onto it any more. But YouTube let’s me do that, so it remains useful to watch movies on the plane.)
It’s old enough that i assume all the drivers that will ever become available are available.
I’ll also be wanting a web browser, something to organize and get at my files, a music player (but I’m pretty sure that the specialized music player people use to play square dance tapes has a Linux version, and i can get help with that), and an email client that can handle multiple Gmail accounts and also a non-Gmail imap account.
Oh, and word processor and spreadsheet apps that can read word and Excel files. They don’t need 100% compatibility, though. I’m assuming there’s a version of acrobat reader for Linux.