Hello.

So I got a used x380 Yoga (i7-8550U and 16GB RAM) and I’m planning to use it for electronic music production. I like the touch screen for working with the piano roll, though I’ll probably also connect an external monitor.

I’m probably going to install either Ubuntu Studio or Mint with the Ubuntu Studio Controls package. Either one of these will serve my purposes.

But can a 5-year-old laptop run Ubuntu Studio and a DAW? I will plug in a USB audio interface, so that will take some of the load off the processor. And 16GB of RAM should be enough (that’s the max RAM on these machines, and it’s soldered anyway). But I’ve heard that Ubuntu is more resource intensive than Mint.

What about Fedora Jam? Would a 5-year-old laptop run that better than Ubuntu Studio?

Are there any drawbacks to just using Mint with the Ubuntu Studio controls?

Does anybody have experience using an x380 yoga for audio production?

Any thoughts would be appreciated!