Greetings and Salutations.

[nevets68]

Hello all -

I recently (well somewhat recently) got a laptop from the local recycling center in my town.  Why anyone would throw away a laptop like this boggles the mind.

It's a Samsung ( I don't know what model # it is) but it came with 8 gigs of ram and a Intel i7 ( I believe it's sandybridge based.)
The battery was on it's last leg so i went to ebay and got a new one.
The previous owner removed the old hard drive, which leads me too...

There's a store near me called " Microcenter" that sells computer parts, etc. I got a toshiba/ocz ssd 240 gig and put that into the laptop.
I just installed linuxlite o/s and this pc FLIES! All the hardware was detected...the FN keys for volume/brightness worked right out the of box ( or usb flash drive in my case.)

As for my "linux" knowledge, I'm what you'd call " a newbie of biblical proportions."  
I look forward to reading up on linuxlite and learning from all you fine folks.

[Wirezfree]

Welcome,
Good find there...

Lot's of helpful folks around here to help you out.

But the Help Manual is a great place to start.

[TMG1961]

Welcome

[Jocklad]

Nice find nevets68 

Welcome to the forum and the wonderful world of Linux.

Jocklad

[Valtam]

Welcome

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[bayoubooger]

Welcome and like they say on here: if it ain't broke, don't fix it...