New Laptop & Linux Mint

Posted on June 28th, 2020 by Mighil

Switched To Linux Mint 19.1 Xfce

Update: Sold the HP laptop and purchased an Acer Swift 3 Intel variant. Running macOS and Windows 10 at the moment.

My Lenovo ThinkPad X230 is no more. Lost it to a motherboard issue caused by electrical surge. I’ve been using that laptop connected to direct AC.

Got hold of an HP 14q-cs0029tu i3 8th gen variant. The laptop comes with i3 8130u CPU, Samsung 8GB DDR4 2666MHZ Memory & 256GB WD SN750 NVMeβ„’ SSD. They shipped the laptop with Windows 10 Home.

But, meh…I don’t have a good internet connection at home, which means I can’t install Steam and play lightweight indie games. So ultimately, except for FL Studio, Windows 10 is useless to me at this point.

Installed Linux Mint 19.1 Xfce right away. I’ve installed LMMS as the backup DAW for the time being. I really don’t feel like going to back Windows just for FL Studio. I haven’t installed GIMP yet.

HP 14q-cs0029tu Linux WiFi Driver

And if you’re planning to install Linux on this HP laptop, keep in mind that WiFi won’t work OOB. You’ve to install the Realtek RTL8723DE module for Linux and restart the Machine.

Footnotes

  • I took that cover photo while unboxing. Sorry about the distortion.
  • I use Mc-OS CTLina XFCE theme & OS Catalina icon pack.

Written by Mighil β€” Mighil is an indie musician and tinkerer with diverse work experience in technology and writing. He has had the privilege of serving in various capacities, encompassing generalist and specialist roles. He is currently based in Chengdu.

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