Axios (prob going be a solus candidate after I up ssd size--who ever heard of 32g drive for win10 sheesh)
If the Lenovo computer has a 32GB SSD, you have two options: (1) fight a long-term, frustrating, losing battle to keep Windows 10 running on the laptop, or (2) install Solus. I speak from hard experience.
I have a Dell Inspiron 11 1380 laptop (AMD A6-9220e CPU, Radeon A5 integrated GPU, 4GB RAM, 32GB eMMC SSD) that I bought in 2017/2018 to use when I am at the railroad museum. It is a lovely little computer -- light weight, no vents, rugged build that stands up to a bit of banging around -- and I still use it for that purpose.
But Windows at this point? Not a chance.
When I bought the computer, Windows 10 ran fine on 32GB (the OS would use about 16 GB with a reasonably minimal installation) but that has changed. Beginning about two years ago, Windows 10 became larger and insisted on reserving about 7 GB to allow updates. Today, a minimal Windows 10 installation takes up 23-25 GB, with nothing else installed.
Microsoft's required minimum for Windows computers has been 64 GB for the last few years, and Microsoft is right to set that minimum recommendation. Because 32 GB really means about 30 GB effective, a current Windows 10 installation leaves about 5 GB free, and that doesn't work. With a minimum Windows 10 installation on 32GB, you are going to have a continual battle trying to keep the computer updated, even if you run absolutely nothing but Windows 10 on the computer, and you are going to lose the battle.
I've been running Solus Budgie on that laptop for the last two years and it works like a charm.
Now here comes the part where you get to laugh at my stupidity.
Yesterday afternoon, watching the Daytona 500, I got the bright idea that I could install Windows 10 on the 3180, use a 64GB PNY ultra-mini USB that I had in a drawer to provide the extra space I needed, and run Windows on that computer. I installed Windows 10 (about 90 minutes), immediately got "low disk space" warnings, and watched the computer struggle to run Windows 10 at all, giving new meaning to the word "sluggish". By the time I went to bed last night, Budgie was back on the 3180 (30 minutes from start to finish, including updates and fiddling with settings), and I'm using it this morning.
I don't know whether the "lesson learned" is (1) don't watch NASCAR, or (2) don't let my idle brain try to outsmart reality, but I once again proved to myself that Windows 10 simply doesn't work on a 32GB computer.
I'm sorry about this long, rambling post, but I wanted you to get the flavor of why I'm suggesting that you run Solus on your Lenovo. I use Windows and Solus on different, more or less parallel computers, and like both operating systems. But you are simply not going to be able to continue to run Windows 10 on a 32GB laptop, now or in the long run, without more frustration than it is worth, so I strongly suggest you cut that computer over to Solus. You'll be a lot happier.
