I have put both Mint and Ubuntu on laptops to play with. I always end up running into problems I can't get past after a few weeks. I am not a coder and it is just easier to deal with Windows. Most of my computers I just use Windows defender, I just wanted a little extra protection on this laptop because I do banking with it.
It's been a couple of years, but seemed to always end with it locking up to the point it was unusable. Both times I ended up formatting and just putting Windows back on. I was able to fix some early problems with google then copying and pasting code. But I would always run into problems I couldn't fix. Next time I get a new computer I might put it on the old one it replaces.
I have put both Mint and Ubuntu on laptops to play with. I always end up running into problems I can't get past after a few weeks. I am not a coder and it is just easier to deal with Windows. Most of my computers I just use Windows defender, I just wanted a little extra protection on this laptop because I do banking with it.
What kinds of problems?
Have you tried googling the error messages? There is a huge community out there willing to help.
It's been a couple of years, but seemed to always end with it locking up to the point it was unusable. Both times I ended up formatting and just putting Windows back on. I was able to fix some early problems with google then copying and pasting code. But I would always run into problems I couldn't fix. Next time I get a new computer I might put it on the old one it replaces.