The mint 19 install went good–some small problems nothing big. Good to know this old laptop will be good for another 5 years.
System: Host: *******-Inspiron-7720 Kernel: 4.15.0-22-generic x86_64
bits: 64 gcc: 7.3.0
Desktop: Cinnamon 3.8.3 (Gtk 3.22.30-1ubuntu1)
Distro: Linux Mint 19 Tara
Machine: Device: portable System: Dell product: Inspiron 7720 serial: N/A
Mobo: Dell model: 00MT1R v: A00 serial: N/A
UEFI [Legacy]: Dell v: A16 date: 08/23/2013
Battery BAT0: charge: 35.7 Wh 100.0% condition: 35.7/48.8 Wh (73%)
model: SIMPLO Dell status: Full
CPU: Quad core Intel Core i7-3630QM (-MT-MCP-)
arch: Ivy Bridge rev.9 cache: 6144 KB
flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 19157
clock speeds: max: 3400 MHz 1: 1197 MHz 2: 1197 MHz 3: 1197 MHz
4: 1197 MHz 5: 1197 MHz 6: 1197 MHz 7: 1197 MHz 8: 1197 MHz
Graphics: Card: NVIDIA GK107M [GeForce GT 650M] bus-ID: 01:00.0
Display Server: x11 (X.Org 1.19.6 )
drivers: nvidia (unloaded: modesetting,fbdev,vesa,nouveau)
Resolution: 1920×1080@59.99hz
OpenGL: renderer: GeForce GT 650M/PCIe/SSE2
version: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 390.48 Direct Render: Yes
Audio: Card-1 Intel 7 Series/C216 Family High Def. Audio Controller
driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
Card-2 NVIDIA GK107 HDMI Audio Controller
driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 01:00.1
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.15.0-22-generic
Network: Card-1: Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2230
driver: iwlwifi bus-ID: 02:00.0
IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Card-2: Realtek RTL8101/2/6E PCIE Fast/Gigabit Ethernet controller
driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI port: 2000 bus-ID: 03:00.0
IF: enp3s0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives: HDD Total Size: 1012.2GB (3.8% used)
ID-1: /dev/sda model: Crucial_CT480M50 size: 480.1GB
ID-2: /dev/sdb model: Samsung_SSD_850 size: 500.1GB
ID-3: /dev/sdc model: LITEONIT_LMS size: 32.0GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 28G used: 7.2G (28%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb2
ID-2: /home size: 92G used: 2.9G (4%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb5
ID-3: swap-1 size: 16.00GB used: 0.00GB (0%)
fs: swap dev: /dev/sda7
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