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I run Puppy Linux.
My last laptop, according to the label was built in 2012. Under PL it will do video editing with video monitor in real time. The version is BionicPUP, and it has a standard old HD of 1TB. I replaced the old CeleronM proc about 4 years ago with a used I5 for like 25 bucks off of Ebay. I've replaced the keyboard twice, and the batt 3 times. It still works great, though it's ugly as hell. It will dual boot into Win7 (never online) for a couple of occasional weirdo programs. But 99% of the time it was on BionicPup 64 ( a version of Puppy Linux).
Puppy Linux loads into RAM, including all applications, so is very fast. Mine runs WINE, so it can also run many Windows programs natively.
My nephew seeing this old beat-up tank of a laptop surprised me with a new one last year as a gift!
It's an HP ENVY Laptop 17t-cr100 running an I5-13500H 12 core proc and 1TB Nvme drive. Beautiful 17" screen with 100% sRGB gamut, which I love for video editing and photo work.
Again I installed a flavor of Puppy Linux, F96-CE. I can dual boot into Win11 (which I've had no need to yet). I do have Win 7 aboard the Linux side when occasionally needed, running in a Qemu virtual machine. The virtual machine runs faster than Win 7 did natively when it first came out on my 2012 laptop.
Before 2012 I ran Puppy linux in an IBM Thinkpad TP600e laptop for about ten years. It also had a proc upgrade eventually.
So, three HEAVILY used laptops in over twenty years. Hope the current one is as rugged as the last two.
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