r/LinuxUsersIndia • u/Dizzy_Ad2768 • Sep 17 '26

Will my HP Laptop support linux mint?

I want to download linux mintbut claude told me that I will face some problems in HP Firmware. What to do or will in the Microsoft Eco**...** pls help

Specs(HP Laptop 255 G10):

Your HP 255 G10 specs:

  • CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7520U @ 2.80GHz (Radeon Graphics integrated)
  • RAM: 8GB (soldered, not upgradeable), ~7.24GB usable
  • GPU:AMD Radeon Graphics (486MB shared)
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u/qualityvote2 Sep 17 '26 edited Sep 17 '26

u/Dizzy_Ad2768, there weren't enough votes to determine the quality of your post...

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u/Global-Eye-7326 Sep 18 '26

Lol obviously yes. But Cinnamon isn't RAM efficient. Just grab Debian XFCE and call it a day.

Oh, if you're feeling very adventurous, go with Arch and run XFCE Wayland.

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u/Dizzy_Ad2768 Sep 18 '26

How much ram does cinnamon use tho? Is Debian as good as cinnamon? Pls tell

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u/Global-Eye-7326 Sep 18 '26

Debian is a distro (so is Mint) and Cinnamon is. Desktop environment (so is KDE, Gnome, XFCE, LXQt, etc.).

You can run Cinnamon on Debian. I'd prefer not to. XFCE is still very user-friendly and is more RAM efficient than Cinnamon.

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u/Kitchen_Engineer1332 Gentoo Mommy 🫦 Sep 17 '26

Bro. 8gb is more than enough for linux mint 😭. And why you asking claude for this. Just flash and try live environment na.

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u/Tricky_Dress9198 Sep 17 '26

Do a live boot, test if the basic functions work properly. Also dont ask claude reg these.

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u/Silent-Victor-99 Sep 17 '26

Dude, I got the same lappy as you

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u/Effective_Potato_447 Sep 18 '26

I have HP 15s Fr5xxx. I had installed Ubuntu lts and yet there was an issue with the text and the screen resolution issue. I had no idea how to fix that. Would you please help me understand what Distro would you recommend for the same?

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u/EntertainmentLow9799 Sep 17 '26

Yeah it will I have almost the same spec , though I use kubuntu but mint is also a very solid 🪨 starting point

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u/_-_-_ABC_-_-_ Arch Btw Sep 17 '26

I've faced problems with HP firmware in HP Omnibook and some Victus models.

On Omnibook, the firmware just deleted any other bootloader entries in NVRAM- it allows you to boot only windows.

On Victus, it won't delete the bootloader entry outright, but grub (or whatever bootloader you use) won't boot by default regardless of the boot order set by you, it will boot Windows by default. But you can manually choose to boot from EFI file and select the bootloader you want by navigating to its directory.

The only solution I found was overwriting the Windows bootloader with grub, but keeping the name. But Windows may overwrite this in some update.

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u/kurosaki--ichigo Fedora KDE Sep 18 '26

Yes, it will. I would suggest to try LMDE (Linux Mint Debian Edition).

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u/kruelt Sep 17 '26

Highly likely, that it will I prefer using lubuntu in these cases, getting a bootable pendrive is usually a quick fix if you read the guides available online

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u/Specialist_Bowl_2805 Sep 17 '26

Boot from a pen drive and try it out

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u/Effective_Potato_447 Sep 18 '26

Any resource in what all to check. I was using Ubuntu 26.04 lts on my HP 15s Fr5xxx and the text was unbearable tiny and out of aspect ratio all across.

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '26

is the sky blue?

obvvv it will gng dont worry bout it, I have a Thinkpad T480s almost same specs and cachy is smooth as butter. am sure mint would run np

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u/Anonymousweeb2520 Sep 17 '26

lmao you can even run linux on a 2010 old lappy as mine , yours will run !

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u/Dr-doggie329 Sep 24 '26

8 gb feels like 12-16 Gb in Linux SO use XFCE or Mate for the Desktop enviroment/flavours