Setting Up a New Windows Laptop in 2026

Post by lobofta » Fri, Jun 19, 2026, 8:01 AM UTC

0xbadcafebee wrote: post #5

That's at least 24 hours faster than it took me to set up my Ubuntu Linux Thinkpad new from Lenovo. I have a document of some 70+ steps in case I ever need to format and set it up again. (My fault for expecting Ubuntu to operate like a normal desktop out of the box) Turns out there are also multiple bugs in the AMD drivers (it was an AMD version of the Thinkpad) that have been known issues for years, and the fix is b…

Post by timnetworks » Fri, Jun 19, 2026, 12:52 PM UTC

frollogaston wrote: post #9

I still don't know what "get fucked" means, are these the steps that pissed him off the most?

Post by 0xbadcafebee » Fri, Jun 19, 2026, 4:29 PM UTC

lobofta wrote: post #12

0xbadcafebee wrote: post #5

That's at least 24 hours faster than it took me to set up my Ubuntu Linux Thinkpad new from Lenovo. I have a document of some 70+ steps in case I ever need to format and set it up again. (My fault for expecting Ubuntu to operate like a normal desktop out of the box) Turns out there are also multiple bugs in the AMD drivers (it was an AMD version of the Thinkpad) that have been known issues for years, and the fix is b…

Try NixOs. Somewhat of a steep learning curve, but once you're over the hump setting up a machine is about half an hour of work and most of that is just waiting for stuff to download. Set up a new machine the other day and it immediately became my daily driver as everything works nearly exactly as on my other machines.

Post by not_the_fda » Fri, Jun 19, 2026, 4:42 PM UTC

0xbadcafebee wrote: post #5

That's at least 24 hours faster than it took me to set up my Ubuntu Linux Thinkpad new from Lenovo. I have a document of some 70+ steps in case I ever need to format and set it up again. (My fault for expecting Ubuntu to operate like a normal desktop out of the box) Turns out there are also multiple bugs in the AMD drivers (it was an AMD version of the Thinkpad) that have been known issues for years, and the fix is b…

Post by tim333 » Fri, Jun 19, 2026, 10:04 PM UTC

rationalist wrote: post #3

> 24. Download and install Google Chrome. (Yeah, nah, ~6 minutes) > 1. Make default browser Install Chrome sure, but also install Firefox with the uBlock Origin addon and make Firefox the default browser. Seriously, having an adblocker will help older people avoid scams and such. Even the U.S.'s FBI recommends it.