recreationalcatheter@lemm.ee 5 days ago
Try a Linux install of something lightweight like mint/xfce to eliminate OS bloat.
Steam has a built in compatibility layer you can manage from your library page, so if your laptop could run a game on windows it should easily run it on mint with the spared resources and you’ll have all that spare space from ditching windows crap.
BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Guy is asking if he can download free software to get more ssd space. And while TECHNICALLY Linux does fit the bill for this (and is awesome), I’m willing to wager OP does not have the technical skill set for it at this time.
teije9@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 days ago
installing and using mint is waaayyy easier than reformatting a drive and installing and debloating windows
BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Oh yeah, I don’t think he’s going to be doing that either. I think this is plain old uninstalling pre-installed HP stuff and hoping for the best kind of situation.
Mint is definitely at LEAST as easy to install as Windows, if not easier. As long as all the stuff on his laptop is supported out of the box. I love my Mint install, but last month I spent 40 minutes on github trying to find the right release of the open driver to work with my revision of network adapter, and the amount of work in the terminal was undoubtedly more than somebody asking this question would be comfortable with.
chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz 5 days ago
It’s funny the biases that crop up in these threads. Another poster says to format the drive and reinstall windows with de-bloating software and that gets upvoted while probably being a more complex process than installing Linux.
BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Yeah, I’d say that is too complex as well. I kinda think his best bet is uninstalling whatever HP crap he can, and just hope for the best.