My wife has an old Lenovo i5 thinkpad that we would like to use again with linux, before buying a new computer. I was wondering if there is a tool that I can input the model and stats of the device and it will output a few suggested distros for it.
It is the X1 Carbon 20BT with the i5-5300U Processor, it has 8gb ram. https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/pd100509-overview-for-thinkpad-x1-carbon-type-20bs-20bt
Update: I have installed mint xfce but am downloading cinnamon and switching to that.
not sure of a tool like that but you can learn a lot about distros & reqs here: https://distrowatch.com/
for that machine, check out linux mint lmde, based on debian, if you’re looking for something stable & has minimal learning curve.