[AccessD] New computer, Linux Mint

[John Colby]

My old hp laptop decided to go into an endless circle cursor after (I
think) a windows update.  It was at least 5 years old, an old 4 core AMD
and so I decided that, while I may yet try to recover it, I would buy a new
computer.  I got a Lenovo IdeaPad 16AHP9 which is a pretty modern amd 8
core with 16gb RAM and a 1tb SSD.

https://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-Touchscreen-Graphics-Keyboard-Fingerprint/dp/B0DB5KJKXL?th=1

which I managed to snag for $660 with a mouse and backpack case.
Unfortunately it comes with Windows 11 which is a non-starter for me,
particularly after the "take a screen capture every few seconds" fiasco.

And so I decided to install Linux Mint.  I have played with Mint over the
years but this time it is a decision to give it a real try as my daily
driver.  It cannot do Access dev obviously but pretty much everything I do
with my machine has been possible.

I have installed Veracrypt, Dropbox, LM Studio with a ton of local LLMs to
play with, all of my music files from my tablet, and of course it comes
with LibreOffice which I have used for quite some time for writing as well
as spreadsheets.  The bluetooth connects flawlessly to my mouse, my
bluetooth speaker as well as my trucker headphones for doing zoom meetings.

Of course this is linux which I am not well versed in so there is a lot of
google to find out how to install things.  But so far I am thoroughly
pleased with Linux Mint as my new daily driver.

-- 
John W. Colby
Colby Consulting