What is the best linux for laptops?
December 7th, 2009 | 
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I have been using Kubuntu on my desktop for a year now and have abandoned all use of Windows except for my wifes PC. I am running Fluxbuntu on my server. I was not pleased with any of the ubuntu flavours on my old HP ze4400 laptop. What would be the best Linux in your opinion? Maybe even a BSD distro. It will mainly be used for wireless internet testing and troubleshooting networks and routers. Windows ran fine on it for this, I would just like to try something else for a change.
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Choose your distro and stick to it!
The better you learn it, the better it works for you.
It’s all the same under the hood, with the exception
of the choice of C++ libraries. If doing graphics, video editing, audio, then stay in the Debian / Ubuntu family.
The logical choice for you is probably Debian,
since Ubuntu is based on Debian, so you can build on what you’re doing.
The best career move would be CentOS Enterprise server or Red Hat, but the GUI looks clunky.
SuSE looks nice and has nice user friendly utilities, YAST, etc. but the community support is not great.
I’ve used SuSE, Debian, and CentOS for three years now. Those really are the major flavors to try.
The last I knew FreeBSD was on the original Mac architecture.
But seriously, don’t change unless your distro actually can’t run a piece of software that you need. Then determine why. Then change if necessary.
If running 64 bit use CentOS, the choice for the DNA modeling lab at Vanderbilt University. CentOS also stays on top of the latest kernels.
Try Fedora. I’ve had good success using it on many different laptops. Haven’t had any problems with wireless drivers execpt for my old Gateway Solo laptop.
http://fedora.redhat.com
Hi have a look at http://www.distrowatch.com
They have a chart of whats getting the most use these days linuxwise. Interestingly, ubuntu has fallen off its perch to pclinuxos. fedora’s supposed to be good. Opensuse is ok but personally I had trouble with long boot times and damaged package installs.