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.
i don’t know about such emulator that does that but, i have an old laptop (toshiba satellite E1 vision from around 2014) and i installed void linux 32bit with xfce desktop, it became usable again. it uses hdd. a little bit slow but usable. maybe it could be a recommendation for you