What type of Linux OS should i get for my laptop?
Saturday, August 22nd, 2009 at
11:58
I have an Eee PC. I want to put linux on it. should i just roll with Ubuntu 8.10? or is there something else that you would recommend?
whats the best?
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There’s an ubuntu distro specifically for the eeePC that works reasonably well – certainly a lot better than Xandros distro that comes with eeePCs.
It used to be called "Ubuntu eee", it’s now called "Easy Peasy".
http://www.geteasypeasy.com/
There is no *best* operating system. If you’re new to Linux, use Ubuntu. If you have a specific distro that suits your needs and degree of experience with Linux better, use that one.
I would consider Gentoo and BSD ‘advanced’ *nix operating systems, Ubuntu an easy one, and Slackware somewhere in the middle.
I recommend any of the Ubuntu familly. (Nubuntu, Xubuntu, etc)
If you are more familiar with Windows this is a good go-to.
If you want more of a command line based OS (not so much GUI based) then you can go for Debian, Fedora, or Gentoo.
I like Ubuntu and Fedora the best.
Hope I helped.
Ubuntu is a great operating system, although I would go with linux mint. It is based off Ubuntu, so it has everything that Ubuntu has, only it is improved (usability and features) !!! Hope this helps
Ubuntu is definitely good for a newbie. I have OpenSuSE right now, and while it’s good, it’s still a pain to install new software, so I’ve been thinking of going to something Debian-based, which uses APT as its packaging system. Ubuntu is based on Debian, but there are others. I think I’m going to go with Mint, which is based off of Ubuntu.
http://www.linuxmint.com
Mint is wonderful, it Ubuntu with a nicer color scheme and optional video drivers/ codecs already pre-installed. Plus the Mint portal way of downloading apps is awesome.