I belive i would like to try making games but my laptop isint that powerful. Its a thinkpad from like 10 years ago, i upgraded it to a 250gb ssd, and 16gb of low voltage ddr3, i also put linux on it to screeze out as much as possible. So i need something that will run but im struggling on choosing expecially sense i want to start for free. I want to start with something dead simple and work my way up.
What would you suggest and why so?
Godot. You could try to see if Godot 3 will work better than Godot 4.
Godot 3 is a bit older but still is getting fixes and some new features. (long term support driven by community)
Godot is a cult