Any suggestions? It has 500GB HDD on it. Windows doesn't seem to work very well for some reason. Need it for browsing, editing, youtube, etc. tc:400k
As a 20+ vet in Silicon Valley, it's still weird seeing a Microsoft employee giving the best Linux take (I was about to give the same recommendation).
Manjaro
Just add more RAM. It won’t cost more than $50. I did this and changed my PC experience.
Try Mint with cinnamon or if you want super lite distros, look for Xubuntu or Ubuntu MATE
Ubuntu Desktop or CentOS
Install Gentoo
Lol. Loved gentoo growing up when i had unlimited amounts of time to compile from source and over optimize.