After 2 years of Debian this feels just wrong.

//setting up dual boot for a course
// yeah I am just a part time dev

Btw Fedora or CentOS for a "newbie".

At least it is not windows 10...SMH

@KnightsOfCode lol think that is just wear, from using it, means that he doesn't plug in an external mouse.

@KnightsOfCode no nothing spilled on it. There where burls (don't know if it is the right word sry) and they break away.
I bought this one Secondhand.

@GhostDev I am using a external mouse. The previous owner didn't

ThinkPad, I like you

@secretdude0 t510 and e550

@secretdude0
I think it won't help you 😑
t510 from a local secondhand hardware shop.

e550 from lenovocampus.de

Just as an advice the t&x series are very robust so I wouldn't mind to buy one Secondhand. The E series isn't robust at all.