Horwood87 Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 1.... hi every one what linux should i use on a notebook 2.... hi every one what linux should i use on a pc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonidas117 Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 Linux has distributions for both desktops and notebooks. Netbook: Desktop download Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonidas117 Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 Linux has distributions for both desktops and notebooks. Netbook: http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download-netbook Desktop: http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download Sorry about the double, link didn't work the first time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr0p Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 Notebook/Netbook: Arch Linux Desktop: Any distro, whichever you prefer. Again, I personally prefer Arch Linux ^_^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horwood87 Posted August 27, 2009 Author Share Posted August 27, 2009 keep it all comeing people it is great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhollyMindless Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 There's no best, otherwise there wouldn't be 100 distros out there. You can't really ask others because they'll generally just tell you their favorite or the generic "big ones". Get off your ass and try em. It's not a commitment anymore. Fire up a live CD and play with it. It's easy now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h3%5kr3w Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 hell, you dont even have to restart your computer anymore... Just download Sun's Virtualbox and start livebooting, installing, wiggin' out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 Ubuntu is probably the best distro to start with, simply due to its relaxed attitude towards proprietary drivers and the fact that it puts ease of use over ideological commitments. However this is a double-edged sword, as you will not learn as much as you would from a distro with a steeper learning curve. If you just want a free OS that works, then use it. But if you want to learn linux then look at something like debian instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ansichild Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 Ubuntu is probably the best distro to start with, simply due to its relaxed attitude towards proprietary drivers and the fact that it puts ease of use over ideological commitments. However this is a double-edged sword, as you will not learn as much as you would from a distro with a steeper learning curve. If you just want a free OS that works, then use it. But if you want to learn linux then look at something like debian instead. I always like to pick the distro with the biggest user base, since Linux support is entirely driven by the user community. Since Ubuntu is based on Debian, you get double the pleasure, double the fun. At work I run Debian, and Ubuntu on the desktop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jobdone Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 well eveyone has their own favourite , however if you are short of ram , use a distro accordingly but it's Ubuntu for me too :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pritchard9 Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 +1 on my hombre dr0p. I'm an arch linux man. Running it on an old laptop, and an old desktop as a server (667MHZ celeron :o). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redxine Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 I use Fedora 11 on my desktop (Pentium 4, 758 Mb RAM) - but it's 7 years old, has become obsolete, and now the DVD RAM drive won't boot any of the disks I throw in. So it's in dire need of a hardware replacement but I like Fedora because it's fast - so less precious down time. It can archive things faster and 11 boots in 20 seconds even on that machine. I use Ubuntu Intrepid right now on my Gateway CX210X tablet because it was the only distro I could get my tablet working in, and everything works great. No hardware issues (questionable tablet issue xorg interfering with the display when X shuts down, but no harm done. It just looks funny seeing the usplash all tiny.) and I'm keeping up with all the latest software like Firefox 3.5 and such automatically. So Ubuntu for desktop, Fedora for server, even though there is absolutely nothing wrong with Ubuntu server. It's all just Linux to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psydT0ne Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 Hackaday had an interesting news item here... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreeRunner Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 Or you could look up eLive for smooth looks ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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