Windows keeps reminding be that I have to switch to Linux if I want to keep using my computer. It’s a rugged tablet from about 2011 that I still use daily for internet and some light Photoshop. Core i7 1.2 GHz, 4GB RAM, and the important part, a built-in touchscreen and Wacom digitizer. Keyboard is an external device that I don’t generally have attached. I grew up on DOS, so I’m not afraid of fiddling, but I’d rather this machine just worked. Any recommendations?
https://www.reddit.com/r/Ubuntu/comments/9kax73/experimental_ubuntu_mate_desktop_running_on/
try Ubuntu mate
or, my favorite: install an android custom rom. Android is linux too. Even if your device is x86_64, you can still get android working with BlissOS, it is easy