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No, Linux won’t run on every laptop — check these before you buy
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In 2019, I bought an HP laptop (Notebook 15 – Intel Core i5) running Windows 10 Home. I had only used it for about two years before upgrading to a different computer. Last week, I was looking for a Windows 10 replacement for my old computer and tried Linux Mint.
That installation failed, as did every other Linux distribution I tried to install. I received cryptic errors like "No root file system is defined" or "The efi file system creation in partition #1 of SCS12 (0,0,0) (sdb) failed." For some, workarounds are available; others could be total hardware lockouts for Linux.
It reminded me that for first-timers, this could easily feel similar to the challenges they face with Windows 11 hardware requirements. The errors may vary, as noted in the table below. To avoid such bottlenecks, you should note certain requirements when purchasing a laptop for Linux.