It took me a little while and a few tries to get it to boot off USB. Once I had that sorted out, I installed Linux Mint 20. Never bothered with what was pre-installed since Windows is of absolutely no use to me. Everything I need is included or readily available with Linux Mint and updates take less than 5 minutes on average a couple times a week unlike the sometimes weekend long miseries of Windows updates. ... and I can continue to work while the updates are being applied. Easy peasy. I would have given it 5 stars all around if Linux had come pre-installed. And mine does not have the touch screen so no rating there.