- 7/25/2025
See the Laptop I recommend here: https://amzn.to/4o3lco1 [ amazon affiliate links ] searches for Dell Laptops with 7730u processor
My experience based on my testing several laptops both intel and Ryzen, I found best out of box experience for Zorin OS 17.3, Ubuntu based 22.04 LTS LINUX system are these two Dell Models:
Dell 7635
Dell 3535
Dell 7635 is premium 2-in-1 you can find on ebay for about 300-400 dollars used. It has upward firing speakers and USB C charging. It has soldered ram so you are stuck with 16gb ram. It also has backlit keyboard and all buttons and speakers work out of box on Linux.
REVIEW HERE:
- DELL 7635 Ryzen 7 7730U 2-in-1 Touch Screen Laptop Teardown Review PTM7950 Upgrade #wisebuyreviews https://youtu.be/vgOX4Q0WRKk
Dell 3535 has full sized keyboard with num pad. It also has upgradeable 16gb of Ram so you can upgrade the Ram to 32gb 64gb or even possibly 96gb of Ram!!! No backlit keyboard and you need to buy adapter for it to charge with USB C 65w brick.
REVIEW HERE:
- DELL Inspiron 15 3535 Touch Laptop Ryzen 7 7730U PTM7950 SSD Upgrade Teardown Review #wisebuyreviews https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reb_avjBm6M
Premium feature of Zorin is the curated Free Open Source Software (FOSS) apps that replaces apps like Photoshop and Microsoft Office, all for a simple one time payment for Zorin Pro of about $50. You can get the basic but I just wanted to see what it was about.
I have been using Linux for a little while and have distro hopped a bit too. I found having several laptops to test with was great. I found that Dell publishes their drivers to Canonical the ones that make Ubuntu Linux so that you may have best experience with Dells. I may have bias against Intel Chips, however based on my experience I had choppy playback with a 155U intel chip and using the latest 25.02 Ubuntu Desktop release had choppy video playback and dropped frames. So my suggestion is to avoid Non-Ryzen Non-Amd laptops like Intel because it seems to need too much software support to make their chips run correct. So it might rule out some OLED models as they are mostly Intel part numbers.
I use an 8tb Encrypted WD Black Drive
Here are items I recommend for your Zorin Install:
- GET ZORIN HERE: https://zorin.com/os/
- HOW TO INSTALL ZORIN Linux: https://help.zorin.com/docs/getting-started/install-zorin-os/
- FLASH DRIVES I MAKE FOR INSTALLABLE MEDIA:
https://amzn.to/3TVULmt 16GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive Bulk
- iFixit Screwdrive Kit I use for upgrading my laptop Drive and Ram:
https://amzn.to/4lJnh76
- LAPTOP Memory to Upgrade 16gb to 32gb:
https://amzn.to/3UpGTB3 Timetec 32GB KIT(2x16GB) DDR4 3200MHz
- 4TB SSD DRIVE:
https://amzn.to/4lGDutA Samsung 990 PRO SSD 4TB PCIe 4.0 M.2 2280
- 8TB SSD DRIVE:
https://amzn.to/4f5dTIj WD_BLACK 8TB SN850X NVMe
- See all my videos here: https://www.youtube.com/@wisebuyreviews/videos
- Youtube Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvF12q_XsmE
- Bitchute: https://old.bitchute.com/video/yEm
My experience based on my testing several laptops both intel and Ryzen, I found best out of box experience for Zorin OS 17.3, Ubuntu based 22.04 LTS LINUX system are these two Dell Models:
Dell 7635
Dell 3535
Dell 7635 is premium 2-in-1 you can find on ebay for about 300-400 dollars used. It has upward firing speakers and USB C charging. It has soldered ram so you are stuck with 16gb ram. It also has backlit keyboard and all buttons and speakers work out of box on Linux.
REVIEW HERE:
- DELL 7635 Ryzen 7 7730U 2-in-1 Touch Screen Laptop Teardown Review PTM7950 Upgrade #wisebuyreviews https://youtu.be/vgOX4Q0WRKk
Dell 3535 has full sized keyboard with num pad. It also has upgradeable 16gb of Ram so you can upgrade the Ram to 32gb 64gb or even possibly 96gb of Ram!!! No backlit keyboard and you need to buy adapter for it to charge with USB C 65w brick.
REVIEW HERE:
- DELL Inspiron 15 3535 Touch Laptop Ryzen 7 7730U PTM7950 SSD Upgrade Teardown Review #wisebuyreviews https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reb_avjBm6M
Premium feature of Zorin is the curated Free Open Source Software (FOSS) apps that replaces apps like Photoshop and Microsoft Office, all for a simple one time payment for Zorin Pro of about $50. You can get the basic but I just wanted to see what it was about.
I have been using Linux for a little while and have distro hopped a bit too. I found having several laptops to test with was great. I found that Dell publishes their drivers to Canonical the ones that make Ubuntu Linux so that you may have best experience with Dells. I may have bias against Intel Chips, however based on my experience I had choppy playback with a 155U intel chip and using the latest 25.02 Ubuntu Desktop release had choppy video playback and dropped frames. So my suggestion is to avoid Non-Ryzen Non-Amd laptops like Intel because it seems to need too much software support to make their chips run correct. So it might rule out some OLED models as they are mostly Intel part numbers.
I use an 8tb Encrypted WD Black Drive
Here are items I recommend for your Zorin Install:
- GET ZORIN HERE: https://zorin.com/os/
- HOW TO INSTALL ZORIN Linux: https://help.zorin.com/docs/getting-started/install-zorin-os/
- FLASH DRIVES I MAKE FOR INSTALLABLE MEDIA:
https://amzn.to/3TVULmt 16GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive Bulk
- iFixit Screwdrive Kit I use for upgrading my laptop Drive and Ram:
https://amzn.to/4lJnh76
- LAPTOP Memory to Upgrade 16gb to 32gb:
https://amzn.to/3UpGTB3 Timetec 32GB KIT(2x16GB) DDR4 3200MHz
- 4TB SSD DRIVE:
https://amzn.to/4lGDutA Samsung 990 PRO SSD 4TB PCIe 4.0 M.2 2280
- 8TB SSD DRIVE:
https://amzn.to/4f5dTIj WD_BLACK 8TB SN850X NVMe
- See all my videos here: https://www.youtube.com/@wisebuyreviews/videos
- Youtube Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvF12q_XsmE
- Bitchute: https://old.bitchute.com/video/yEm
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00:00Hi, welcome to my documentation of the Linux journey.
00:05So, I'm a Windows user, Mac user, iPad user, user of all electronics.
00:13So, all these guys keep talking about Linux, and I'm like, hmm, gotta try it.
00:19So, what did I try? I tried Zorin OS 17.3.
00:24Zorin is a compilation, I wound up getting the Pro version,
00:27the Zorin Pro, which has pre-installed apps, which I absolutely loved out the box.
00:36So, you might be using this video or watching this video to try to find out
00:41what is the best laptop may be buying used that will give you the best Linux experience possible.
00:48So, I'm going to tell you what I found specifically.
00:52So, I'm always in the search of the best.
00:55First, it started out with Monero Crypto Mining.
00:59I found that the 7730U processor, the Ryzen 7, has been really fantastic.
01:06So, here I have two Dell laptops.
01:09One is a premium made, all-aluminum chassis, 2-in-1 laptop touchscreen.
01:19And the second one is a 15.6-inch plastic cover laptop.
01:25Both share the same processor.
01:27On this one, the RAM is soldered.
01:29On this one, on a cheaper-looking one and cheaper-feeling one, it is not soldered.
01:37So, you could actually upgrade the RAM on this one and even have a better experience.
01:43So, what I found is that installing Zorin is that it is an Ubuntu version distribution.
01:54So, it's based on Ubuntu, which is probably one of the most popular ones.
02:00So, and I've tried the Zorin on a couple different types of HP laptops.
02:06I have another HP 2-in-1 laptop where I installed the Zorin 17.3.
02:12Obviously, everything worked, but the speakers didn't work.
02:18That kind of sucked.
02:22Trying it also on Intel-based systems, maybe it's because it was HP.
02:29What's nice about HP is that they do have some premium features.
02:34For example, I just did a review yesterday of an HP OLED ScreenTouch laptop with an Intel chip.
02:44What I found is that I was getting dropped frames.
02:47Maybe it's the high-resolution screen.
02:50Maybe you need some sort of drivers.
02:52Not really sure about that.
02:54I wound up installing Windows 11 Pro on it and getting all the updated drivers.
02:59And that's when it stopped dropping frames.
03:01Otherwise, I was just getting drops and frames using the most updated Ubuntu 2504 version.
03:12The Zorin OS 17.3 uses the 2204 kernel that is a long-term support kernel.
03:20So, it's meant to be installed once and you're not upgrading it every year.
03:25The 2504, you're supposed to be getting the newest features.
03:28That's the only way I was actually even able to get the sound to work on that laptop.
03:33So, don't go with HPs.
03:37That's what I found.
03:38Also, don't go with Intel processors.
03:43I know there's a lot of processors out there.
03:46But if you want that seamless experience, I would go with Ryzen-based.
03:50Those two model numbers, specifically these.
03:55And I'll pause the video right now.
03:577635 and the 3535.
04:00So, this is my daily driver Zorin OS laptop.
04:06It features two USB-C ports that both do power delivery and also do data.
04:13So, they're like 10 gigabit ports.
04:15HDMI kind of sucks on all of them.
04:181080p 60.
04:20What is nice about this laptop is that it has these upward-firing speakers, which sound really good.
04:28And the touchscreen.
04:29I wound up getting the version, the BIOS version.
04:34Sorry, the Zorin version where you press the buttons on the side.
04:39That's kind of like the Ubuntu style.
04:43And what I found is just so heavenly.
04:47For me, I read a lot of PDFs.
04:49This is one of those things that people don't talk about.
04:51Like for readers that are readers.
04:54Is that you can have a PDF that's like 50 pages long, 100 pages long, 2,000 pages long.
05:00And if you close it down, you come back to it.
05:03You lose your spot.
05:05Apparently, maybe Microsoft Edge might have that.
05:07But I don't want to give the Edge to Microsoft at all.
05:10So, I do have an HP laptop that I was trying to get Linux to work on.
05:16The OLED.
05:17I wanted to do the touchscreen.
05:18I wanted to do the drawing on it.
05:20However, it's probably for the best.
05:22I'm going to use Windows 11 on it.
05:23Because the only way I got it to stop dropping frames.
05:26Even in Windows 11.
05:27Even in Windows 11.
05:28One was by installing the latest drivers using drivereasy.com.
05:34I wound up installing the software.
05:36Paid 30 bucks for it.
05:37My own money.
05:38Not sponsored.
05:39And I had to download all the latest drivers.
05:42So, this is really cool.
05:45When you have a touchscreen laptop, it's really nice because you can scroll the page upward.
05:52Also, what's nice on this is that it has a backlit screen.
05:56Also, it's nice to have this full-sized SD card slot.
06:00So, technically, you'll never run out of space even if you get the 512 gig option.
06:05You can't upgrade the RAM on it, but you can upgrade the SSD.
06:08I showed you how in my review of it by popping open this case.
06:12This is a very, very nice premium laptop.
06:17I love it.
06:18Also, this is a pretty great laptop too.
06:22So, the Dell 3535 also has the Ryzen 7 7730U.
06:27In benchmark scores, it beats the whoop.
06:30It whoops the booties of all the Intel processors that I've seen thus far at a really low wattage.
06:38So, the buttons work.
06:40The volume works.
06:42The speakers work all in Zorn OS 17.3.
06:45So, you want to install a good operating system.
06:47You get the Dell laptop, one of these, maybe the 2-in-1 is probably going to be like between $300 and $400.
06:54And this one, I've seen as low.
06:57I wound up buying a bunch at $280 to $300.
07:01But now, I've seen them at $350 to $400.
07:05I've seen them at new maybe at $550.
07:08Very inexpensive.
07:10So, you do get a full-size SD card slot too.
07:13So, you could save your data on there.
07:15HDMI port.
07:19And this guy doesn't charge it.
07:21So, you could get an adapter.
07:23It says for Dell.
07:24It's like $10 on Amazon.
07:26That converts a USB-C to this.
07:28Or you could just use the original Dell power brick.
07:30I just like the idea of having adapters.
07:33Because, yeah, I might lose the power brick where I want more power bricks.
07:37But I don't want to buy the same one.
07:38I want to have a universal like 65 watt that I could use anywhere.
07:42So, this is also a 15.6 inch screen.
07:44And what's nice about it is that for the number crunchers, it has the full numpad, which is kind of cool.
07:50So, you're doing hacking or whatever, typing stuff up.
07:54No backlit keys.
07:56Speakers are less.
07:58Also, what's nice about it is that it's lighter.
08:00Also, touchscreen.
08:01So, the touchscreen experience is really nice.
08:05I don't know.
08:06I keep, with my Mac Pro 16, I keep touching the screen.
08:13Because that's what I'm used to.
08:15So, people are like, oh, I'm going to switch to Linux and only not use it.
08:20So, this other laptop, I just got this.
08:25This is a 16 inch OLED.
08:28So, this has the Intel 155U, Ultra 155U.
08:34So, this is the one I'm talking about.
08:36Newest Windows 11, only after installing the drivers do the videos stop dropping frames.
08:42What do I mean by stopping dropping frames?
08:45Well, this video should be in 4K on YouTube.
08:49And if you right click on the video and you select stats for nerds, you're going to see how many frames dropped.
08:56So, if the video thing is struggling with that, it says drop frames.
09:04It could say like 100 drop frames.
09:06It says like 20 or something.
09:07Like while the video was buffering, maybe it dropped some frames.
09:10Not a big deal.
09:11With these guys, maybe it's because these are 1080p screens and that's an OLED 120Hz refresh rate screen.
09:18And you need all the latest Intel drivers before it could work.
09:22So, I would stay away from the Intel driver based ones.
09:26Maybe if you're running some sort of server and using some basic Intel functionality.
09:31Or if you're using like an Intel processor from way generations earlier.
09:37I don't know everything.
09:38I haven't tested everything out.
09:39I just had a bunch of stacks of, I had several laptops because I'm a computer enthusiast.
09:46Of the 7730Us found with the Dells.
09:50Dell has a partnership with Canonical, which are the makers of Ubuntu.
09:55So, they wind up making all their hardware compatible with Ubuntu.
10:00So, not the same if you have an HP, HP 2-in-1.
10:05So, both 2-in-1's speakers didn't work using Zorin.
10:08However, it did, the speaker did work on the latest Ubuntu 2504.
10:16However, the screenshot button, which I've been using a lot, which works on the Dell, wasn't working.
10:24So, you could probably figure out some sort of work around, a key combination, stuff like that.
10:30So, I was like, you know what?
10:31I'm just going to use Windows on that.
10:33I'm going to use what Windows is good for.
10:35I installed a local account.
10:38I made the drive unencrypted.
10:40Because I'm just going to be using it at home to watch videos, to do some drawing, stuff like that.
10:45You know, like watch YouTube in 4K.
10:49That's kind of nice.
10:51So, what is my conclusion?
10:55Some people have gotten really strict into, hey, I'm only going to use Linux.
11:02Yes, that's probably an ideal state.
11:05However, there's benefits and opportunities in all operating systems.
11:11Like, my Mac Pro is hanging out next to me with a fingerprint reader.
11:15It just instant on because it has that Apple chip in there.
11:19So, there's no like booting times.
11:21There's nothing.
11:22So, if I'm falling asleep watching and listening to a podcast, put on the podcast, listen to it, turn off the screen, and you have the most enjoyable experience because you have that great audio.
11:34Linux is fantastic because it has all these apps you can install.
11:38They're free of charge.
11:39They just work nice.
11:41There's no extra spyware being installed.
11:43There's no drivers.
11:45So, in Windows, you have to get these things called drivers in order for your system to operate in optimal performance and not drop frames.
11:55But with Linux, it just becomes part of that kernel.
11:58The kernel is like the operating system.
12:00It's like a big ball of like all the different software repositories, drivers, and all that stuff all combined into one.
12:08So, with Linux, it either works out of the box or it just doesn't.
12:12With Windows, because there's a lot more users, they're able to release the different drivers and because of that user base, make money from it.
12:24That's one of those things that keeps a lot of Linux apps back is because they're not making money off it.
12:30However, there's a 4K tube app you can install, which is really great.
12:38$15 works great.
12:40Works better than I've ever seen.
12:42Look it up yourself what it's for.
12:44However, I say that's fantastic.
12:49Like, wow, what an experience.
12:52So, Linux people, there's like 100 million of us apparently that use Linux.
12:57And people that program things use Linux.
12:59And people that are into privacy are using Linux and stuff like that.
13:03However, I'm just going to use everything.
13:07I'm going to use the iPads.
13:08I'm going to use the iOS.
13:09I'm going to use the Android.
13:10I'm going to use the graphene.
13:11I'm going to use the whatever is there for the job.
13:15Right now, I'm taking this video on an iPhone 11 Pro.
13:18Why?
13:19Because it's the last 4G phone that is actually good camera quality and made by Apple and still supported.
13:26Delicious.
13:26Chef's kiss.
13:27And it doesn't have that 5G stuff.
13:31Put a tinfoil hat on, maybe it's that 5G that's really, you can say untested.
13:40So, back to the original point.
13:43You're looking for an easy, out-of-the-box Linux experience.
13:49And nobody has showed me a video that just keeps showing me like pretty UI, pretty little pictures.
13:55I just want to go on eBay, get a laptop, 7635, Dell Inspiron, 7635, 2-in-1, 7730U processor, Ryzen 7, 8-core, 16 threads.
14:10Or this guy.
14:11These guys work out the box.
14:12Zorin OS.
14:13You pay the 50 bucks.
14:15You pay 300 bucks for a laptop.
14:17Let's say 400, 450 bucks.
14:19You're into Linux.
14:20If you get the 3535, you could also upgrade the DDR4 memory.
14:25And before they stop manufacturing it, you could upgrade it from the 16 gigs to straight 32 gigs.
14:32That's the advantage of even going for the cheaper model.
14:35So, you have that touchscreen.
14:37You can put like an 8-terabyte drive in there.
14:40Yes, it's running a Gen 3x4.
14:42So, you're getting maximum throughput of 3,500 megabytes a second.
14:45However, how much stuff are you actually doing on that laptop?
14:49Like, if I'm watching a YouTube video and I just wanted to work out the box and work plainly, no dropping of frames, everything just working smooth out the box, I just go with the Dell.
15:01Sounds good, feels good, is fantastic on the thing.
15:04So, I don't want to make this any longer than it should be.
15:08So, that's what I learned, at least my personal experience.
15:13Put your comments down below.
15:14I haven't started testing on Lenovo's.
15:17I do have some Lenovo laptops.
15:20One gaming one and one not gaming one.
15:23One with a Ryzen 7 4500U or 4800.
15:30Basically, 8-core 16th thread.
15:32And I have a 6-core 12th thread with a 1660, GTX 1660 video card.
15:41So, I heard with the graphics card one, it's harder to make it work.
15:45The first one has a touch screen and the second one doesn't.
15:50So, Lenovo might also be part of the list because a lot of people are talking about Lenovo and ThinkPad's.
15:57I just don't know.
15:58I haven't tested it.
15:59So far, I had a really good experience with the Dells.
16:01And Dell has sold so many of them.
16:04So, buying them used is very easy.
16:06So, here's the tips to buying them used.
16:10After you install it, you do right-click stats for nerds and watch this 4K video back.
16:16If there's dropped frames in the video, chances are there could be a situation.
16:21Let me tell you a story.
16:22I bought the Dell OLED i7-1260P GTX MX550 thing.
16:32So, the Intel chip and the MX550, it was dropping frames.
16:38Like, hell of a lot of frames.
16:40And I'm like, it must be the Linux fault.
16:43So, I'm like, you know what?
16:46I'm just going to give this laptop the last chance.
16:49So, I cleared out the paste.
16:51I changed around the paste.
16:53I changed around the thermal pads to K5 Pro.
16:58PTM 7950 for the paste.
17:01That's long-term solution.
17:02So, the temps got lowered dramatically.
17:06Still dropping of frames.
17:08Okay, fine.
17:09Windows 11.
17:10I installed Windows 11 Pro.
17:11So, yeah, I know.
17:13I gave up on it.
17:14I just wanted to see.
17:15Is it really the computer or is it the thing?
17:20I installed Driver Easy, installed all the drivers.
17:23So, it was still dropping frames.
17:25Even after doing the Driver Easy install of all the drivers, it was still dropping frames.
17:31So, I was like, okay, this laptop has to go back.
17:35So, with eBay, there's a 30-day money-back guarantee, specifically if you're in the U.S.
17:40I don't know if you're outside the U.S. because that's where I am.
17:43So, USA.
17:45USA.
17:46What I'm saying is this.
17:50You could buy the stuff used.
17:52However, you should test it out and see if it works.
17:55With Linux, they let you do a live boot with a little CD key with a USB drive.
18:01So, you could boot it up live.
18:04So, you could go to a store or you could go to a used secondhand, let's say a pawn shop that has a laptop.
18:10Let's say you like the laptop.
18:11You could pop it in.
18:13With Dell, it's F2 to go into the BIOS.
18:16F10 maybe to change which boot order or F2 to go in.
18:23Long story short, you boot from the drive and then test out if that operating system works.
18:29Do the speakers work?
18:31Do the buttons work?
18:32Do the volume control buttons work?
18:36Does the internet work?
18:37Does the Wi-Fi work?
18:39Does the Bluetooth work?
18:40If it works out of the box, you're good.
18:42You're golden.
18:42So, however, the two tips I probably should give you is that based on the experience of two Intel laptops,
18:52with the other one, it was also giving me, you know, the pretty one that I showed you, the OLED screen one.
18:58It was giving me drop frames with the latest, latest Ubuntu.
19:01There's just no more cutting-edge Ubuntu operating system possible.
19:04That's the, like, biggest one, biggest distribution.
19:07A lot of people have it supported by Dell and all that other stuff.
19:11Yeah, I got the speakers to work, but the screenshot button wasn't working.
19:16Dropping frames.
19:18So, it took me Windows 11 and all the updates until I eventually got it to stop working.
19:25So, Intel made their maybe newer chips, at least the 155 use, and a 12th generation 1260p.
19:33Or, I think the laptop just was broken.
19:35So, that's why it's going back.
19:36I already got the thing.
19:37I already shipped it out.
19:38So, the point is this.
19:41I think the Intel stuff is way more complicated on the laptops than it should be.
19:45So, I would just go with the Ryzen.
19:46There's a lot of different Ryzen options.
19:48For me, I just wanted the ultimate OLED, like, the HP with the OLED.
19:53So, like, I'm, like, hacky.
19:55I got the nerdy, like, Linux vibe, right?
19:58And I have the encrypted drive with the Zorin OS.
20:01That's fantastic.
20:02And then OLED screen to watch the videos, playback, stream my movies, and, like, beautiful 4K, 3K screen, 2.8K.
20:12I mean, it's still a really good high refresh rate screen.
20:15I was hoping for that.
20:17However, there is the opportunity there that I'm going to use that laptop for other creative pursuits.
20:23Like, which, for example, there is a competitor to Adobe called Affinity Designer.
20:30So, Affinity Designer, and there's a couple different Affinity apps that replace Photoshop, that replace the Illustrator, that replace the other one for a one-time fee.
20:40So, you just pay one-time $100 for a license, and it's made for Windows only.
20:46However, there has been some Linux people that got it to work on Linux.
20:51So, if I learn it on there with an OLED screen, I have the opportunity to learn it out of the box.
20:57I don't have to worry about that.
20:58Watch my movies, my playback, with beautiful colors, that OLED screen being in a gamut.
21:05And even though the drive is unencrypted now, the benefit that Windows has, as opposed to Linux, is that Linux keeps all the locking password right on the drive.
21:19Windows connects to your TPM chip, and it puts that key there.
21:23So, with Linux, it's kind of better, because if your machine breaks, you just take the thing, put the drive, it asks you for an encryption key.
21:32That's what happens when you install the operating system.
21:35There is an option to delete the drive and enable encryption.
21:39It's called Lux or LVM, something like that.
21:43There is an option for that.
21:45I prefer the encrypted thing because I want to take that laptop and not worry about it.
21:49I have all my emails.
21:50I have my logins to my banking and all that good stuff in there, and I don't want anybody to be able to access that.
21:57So, there's a password for an encryption, so if anybody pulled out the drive, they can't put it in another computer and then read all the data on there and steal my cookies and get all my data out, right?
22:09Neither can they also even, even though it's kind of like unencrypted, even though it's like loaded up, like when you showed there was a login screen, they can't get it without the login screen password.
22:22And, also, if you wound up getting this version, I think I even got the login fingerprint thing to work because there's a fingerprint reader in this version, which is kind of nice.
22:32It doesn't have the full, the number pad on it.
22:37However, I barely ever use the number pad except when we're doing like intense work, and most of the time it's okay to put the numbers in the top.
22:45I just like that centering and having those two upward firing speakers because they add to the effect.
22:51Because I think there's four speakers there in total that way.
22:54So, to me, that sound is really good because when I'm reading a book, that's what I have it for, is that I can synchronize the books on my personal cloud, the next cloud, onto there.
23:07So, this way I can open up, read the book, close it down, and come back to it when I need to because you can't possibly read everything, put on some music, some classical music from YouTube, chef's kiss.
23:21It's just like a really nice experience.
23:24That Linux experience has been really nice.
23:26I don't know about sitting on the desktop computers.
23:28Am I going to replace my desktop computer where I have my Premiere on?
23:32No, I don't think so because it's already a gaming computer.
23:35Everything is pre-installed.
23:36Why would I want to destroy that?
23:38So, that's why people are like, oh, dual boot and stuff like that.
23:41I just figure, add to my life.
23:44So, let's say I want to watch a movie.
23:46I pull out the OLED laptop.
23:47Boom, doodle, draw, close it down.
23:49Okay, so I want to read some emails, read some PDFs.
23:52I just pop open the Zorin OS laptop.
23:56Boom.
23:58So, that's what I'm saying.
23:59So, my experience has been really great thus far.
24:02However, you have to pick the right hardware.
24:05So, some of the most bleeding edge, the Intel chips, stay away from them, probably.
24:11Because if the AMD stuff works, it's better out of the box.
24:15At least for me, maybe there's chips that don't work.
24:17Maybe the newer models don't work.
24:19I got no clue.
24:21I just have these laptops.
24:22They're not crazy expensive, 300, 400 bucks.
24:25I mean, I was just thinking about this.
24:27Why I thought this was good value laptops is that you could spend easily $200, $300 on a mini PC.
24:34You got to connect the keyboard.
24:35You got to connect the mouse.
24:37You got to connect this.
24:38You got to connect that.
24:39And soon, all your tables are filled up with, like, stuff.
24:44Or you could just install on the laptop, like, go in bed, lie down, read a book while listening to classical music.
24:54I personally use USB-C for delivering of the data and power on my laptop.
25:02Because that's the better way.
25:07And I have my Wi-Fi and Bluetooth turned off because I'm one of those guys that read this book called EMFed by Dr. Mercola.
25:14And I realized that there could be, you know, I'm not saying there is.
25:21However, there could be demonstrable physical effects from having way too much electrical stuff, like, on your head, in your head, on your body, everywhere.
25:30In the long term.
25:32Possibly not in the short term because it doesn't even heat up your body.
25:37So, going back.
25:40I gave you the down numbers.
25:44I told you my experience with it.
25:47And I hope you appreciate this video because I wish somebody else would tell me.
25:52It's like, okay, you just want to use freaking the thing.
25:56Like, if somebody shills me again another Lenovo, I'm going to be like, okay, does it work out the box?
26:03How did you test it with Zoran?
26:05Did you, like, how does it work?
26:06Like, does it work well?
26:07Do all the things work on it?
26:10Like, did you guys ask them that?
26:13Probably does.
26:14Probably does.
26:15That's why people are loving, have been loving Lenovo's for a long time.
26:21Thinkpads, specifically.
26:22If you watch videos about Thinkpads, they're like, Thinkpad this, Thinkpad that.
26:27I'm kind of like, hey, I have these Dells ready.
26:31Might as well put them to use.
26:33And now I just have an addition to my life.
26:36I just add to the stuff.
26:38Because the way that I see it is like this.
26:41My Windows 10 ain't broke.
26:43It don't need no fixing.
26:45No updates, whatever.
26:46Like, I'm going to freaking somehow survive on the internet.
26:49I'm just watching YouTube videos here.
26:51Like, somehow, magically, somebody's going to come and get me.
26:56I'm not going to get no updates.
26:57And that's how Microsoft gets you.
26:59It's like, back up your memories to the cloud.
27:02Like, back up your memories to our cloud.
27:05And then you start paying the money.
27:06And now they have access to all your pictures.
27:08And AI is reading all your contact lists, all your emails, and all that stuff.
27:12And soon enough, they have enough of a profile on you.
27:14And it's like, you're like, wow, do you have any, like, peaceful time for yourself?
27:18Meanwhile, you have Zorin.
27:20You could also, like, uncheck the box.
27:22Like, hey, I don't even want to be listed as a Linux user.
27:27So, they tell us that we're 2% or 4% of the worldwide install base.
27:34However, if I see it correctly, is that if the Linux people aren't reporting the statistics,
27:40maybe there's a lot more of us than people think.
27:43So, you programmers out there, you talented, I love you guys.
27:49Just make some programs, make some money.
27:52Because this guy did it, the 4KTube guy.
27:55He figured out, like, a system.
27:58And then you pay the $15, you can install it on five Linux PCs.
28:03Wow.
28:05You can pay it with PayPal.
28:07Wow.
28:08I don't know about crypto.
28:09I mean, especially with the crypto, with this and with that, it's kind of nice.
28:15It becomes your computer.
28:17So, here's what happens when you install Windows 11, if you don't use the script.
28:22So, there's also a script called Shinigans.
28:26Maybe this video is getting long.
28:28However, you're still here.
28:31Go home, children.
28:37There's a script called Shinigans.
28:38So, you can do an auto-attend script.
28:41There's a website where you could select to create a local user with what password.
28:46You could make it not install any or all the apps.
28:50You could make Edge uninstallable.
28:53You could make it not ask for wireless internet or wired internet to complete the installation.
28:59It's just a beautiful script.
29:00So, when I did the Windows 11 install on MyHP, that's the way that I did it.
29:03I have a local account.
29:05It's not even connected to Microsoft.
29:07So, when I do this, because I decided to encrypt it, I'm going to put my own encryption key onto a USB drive.
29:13And I'm going to save that for my own protection for a future reference, just in case I need to get back into the drive.
29:19And because of that, TPM.
29:21Okay.
29:21How TPM works?
29:22There's a little chip on the motherboard.
29:24It connects to the thing.
29:25So, if the chip and the drive, they're not together in one place, it doesn't let you boot into the thing and it doesn't let you read the data.
29:32If the chip is present, as long as the chip is present and the drive is present at the same time, it lets you access the data because otherwise it's encrypted.
29:39And then you also need, of course, the username and password to get into the Windows.
29:44How Windows 11 does it automatically is that without telling you, it encrypts your drive, uploads it to your Microsoft account on Microsoft.com.
29:53And then, I'm just wondering, can some, like, magical code monkey could just get in there and get the key from Microsoft or somebody else?
30:03Just like, hey, I'm a three-letter guy and I need a key to this Microsoft account.
30:10Okay.
30:10Two seconds later, bonk.
30:12He gets into your drive, unencrypts it, sees the thing, you know, and your Fourth, Fifth Amendment is gone.
30:21Would you want that?
30:22But if you use the local account and you do the encrypting on your own, what's nice about Windows 11 is that you could encrypt the drive and unencrypt it.
30:33Encrypt it and unencrypt it.
30:34So, you could encrypt the drive with your own key and then if you choose to kind of, like, clone it, let's say you started with a 512 gig and you want to upgrade to a 4-terabyte, you could unencrypt the drive, then clone it.
30:47And once you clone it, put the 4-terabyte drive in and then encrypt it again.
30:52And now you have a 4-terabyte, you haven't lost the data, you kept all your apps, you kept your settings and stuff like that.
30:59With Linux, you can't do that.
31:02Once you go encrypted, you can't go back.
31:04Which is fine, too.
31:06I do like the idea of just popping out of your drive, putting it anywhere you want, put it in an envelope, put it in your shoe, and you have all your data backed up, which is kind of nice, too.
31:19So, there's gives and takes.
31:22With Windows, what's cool is that you can use BitLocker to encrypt various different drives and because most computers are Windows, you could read that pretty much on any computer that's past Windows 7 or 10.
31:34Let's say Windows 10.
31:35Windows 10 and 11, easier to read the drives, easier to type in the password, and you're in.
31:42So, that's one of those things to consider.
31:46So, I would just say, like, hey, why not have two laptops?
31:49Why not have three laptops?
31:50A MacBook for watching and music playback because it has the best sound, but it doesn't have any space.
31:59Unless you're going to spend, like, $12,000 for, like, 8 gigs, 8 terabytes, that don't work.
32:05Or you could just buy a $300 laptop, spend another $600 on an 8 terabyte drive, and for, like, $900, you've got an 8 terabyte drive laptop.
32:18You could put your entire life on it if you wanted to, and encrypt it, and it's yours, and it's not sending statistics out there anywhere.
32:26And there's no AI stuff, like, reading your documents and, like, uploading to the web and stuff like that.
32:33That's what you guys got to be careful about because this AI stuff is part of, like, a smart grid.
32:43Look, Linux, guys, you know why you're here.
32:47Where people are looking into Linux, it's like...
32:49Are you guys tired of being on this, you know, pay for this, pay for that, pay for that?
33:00Zora Noe S, you install, you get an Office Suite, Zora Noe S Pro.
33:05You get an Office Suite, you get a Photoshop replacement, you get a video editor replacement,
33:11you get, like, a whole bunch of other program replacements, pretty much.
33:16You could do anything you want with that.
33:17E-mails, web, what do most people use this stuff?
33:22E-mails on web.
33:23There's a program called Better Bird.
33:25Boom, Better Bird.
33:27Log into all your G-mails and Outlooks and all that stuff all in one place.
33:32Joplin, open source, cross-platform, works on Android, works on Windows, works on Mac,
33:37works on iOS, works on Linux.
33:41You get the free and open source version, and you stop giving all your stuff to the cloud,
33:46giving your stuff away, giving your stuff away.
33:50I don't know about you, however, I made my choice clear, is by using Linux, figuring it out,
33:58how to incorporate it into my life.
34:00And it's already been incorporated.
34:02If you have a NAS, you're using Linux.
34:04Linux, if you're dealing with all these servers on the internet, the ones that are serving up this web page,
34:10they're using Linux.
34:12They're not using Windows, because then you would see what happened in the airports a couple years ago.
34:16Oh, nobody can fly now, because Windows needed an update.
34:22Blue screen.
34:25Good job.
34:27Yeah, we needed that update so bad.
34:29With Linux, we'd be like, hey, I never want to update.
34:32My stuff works.
34:34It has the drivers.
34:35It has the kernel.
34:35It got the thing.
34:36It got...
34:38And that's it.
34:39Do you want to have less choices, or do you want to have more choices?
34:43So you do have at least two choices right now with the Dell.
34:46Probably any Dell would work.
34:48As long as it's a Ryzen, I would just stay away from the Intel-based ones.
34:53Just based on my experience, it's probably really good.
34:56Put your comments down below, because I want to hear them.
34:58If there's a great Intel machine, tell me about it.
35:01However, for me, Intel machines have always been loud, not hotter.
35:06Use more energy.
35:08However, because they have some sort of partnership with all these different companies,
35:11they keep putting them in there.
35:13Like for me, one of the Linux laptops that I've been salivating...
35:16Not a Linux, just a laptop I've been salivating over, is the LG Gram OLED 2-in-1.
35:22It has the same processor, I think, the 155U or the 155H.
35:27However, my experience with HP is that probably it's going to work really crappy,
35:31and it's going to drop frames, and I wouldn't be able to use it.
35:33I would have to install Windows 11 again, and I don't want that.
35:36And I already have an OLED laptop.
35:38However, what was cool about it is that it has two drive slots.
35:42So you could put two NVMe drives.
35:44Imagine putting two 8TB NVMe drives.
35:47Now you have a 16TB laptop.
35:51What?
35:52That's kind of cool.
35:54Where we are technologically-wise, it's like you could just travel the world.
35:58You have a laptop.
35:59Everything is encrypted.
36:01Mwah!
36:03However, I don't even know how the encryption would work across two drives.
36:08You tell me.
36:09You guys might know better.
36:10So anyways, I've been talking for 36 minutes about Linux.
36:15I hope you enjoyed the video.
36:19If you did, thumb up, subscribe.
36:22Buy the laptops on eBay.
36:24I do include Amazon affiliate links.
36:26It's just maybe that I could earn a kickback maybe sometimes if you were going to buy anything anyway.
36:31That's fine too.
36:32I'm just here for sharing with others my passion about technology and help people get over the milestones.
36:40Because that's one of the milestones is to just get in the game and just install the operating system and realize,
36:47Oh, this was easier.
36:48This is just as easy as installing Windows 10 or Windows 11 or just a little install drive.
36:55Maybe try out the newest Ubuntu.
36:57However, I like the Zoran because Zoran by default installs Brave, which you can install on any of the operating system.
37:07Brave takes any ads that you might be seeing right now.
37:14Magic.
37:16Rabbit in the head.
37:18Rabbit is gone now.
37:21It's just...
37:25Out of the box.
37:27So nice.
37:29And then I see the future generation.
37:31I see the future generation seeing the things.
37:33It's like, wow, this is how computing could be.
37:38We don't have to give up all our data.
37:40We don't have to be AI spied upon.
37:41We don't have to...
37:43We can control when we update, what we update, and in what way we update, and what apps and programs we use.
37:50Instead of mindlessly giving up control of our entire computer and entire lives.
37:56Because our entire lives are on those computers.
37:58This computer you're watching on.
38:01Could be on it.
38:02It could be.
38:04Chances are you're probably doing something that involves the internet.
38:07Including learning new things.
38:10Which you are.
38:11And I salute you for that.
38:13I salute all the champions out there.
38:15Taking the charge.
38:17And getting into using Linux.
38:19Have a blessed day, guys.
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