Haggis Veteran Posted September 11, 2012 Veteran Share Posted September 11, 2012 Ok guys while doing an update on OpenSUSE last night i came back to a OH NO SOMETHING WENT WRONG screen I know its the Intel driver that's not working correctly so its an easy fix but i thought why not take the chance to try something new so i am looking for ideas on some distros to use Not keen on Mint or Ubuntu as they seem to have problems with my hardware Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Frank B. Subscriber² Posted September 11, 2012 Subscriber² Share Posted September 11, 2012 Give Fedora 17 a try. Nothing Here 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haggis Veteran Posted September 11, 2012 Author Veteran Share Posted September 11, 2012 i actually download the live cd last night to get all my data off my hard drive lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
articuno1au Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Linux Mint Debian Edition is worth a look (I'm assuming you said no to Mint because it's Ubuntu derived). I quite like it. Failing that I'd say Debian. If you want a real hardcore Linux experience, perhaps Gentoo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haggis Veteran Posted September 11, 2012 Author Veteran Share Posted September 11, 2012 Linux Mint Debian Edition is worth a look (I'm assuming you said no to Mint because it's Ubuntu derived). I quite like it. Failing that I'd say Debian. If you want a real hardcore Linux experience, perhaps Gentoo? Still trying to get Arch working so i dont think Gentoo is for me lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derkim Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 debian... very stable, aptitude/adept makes it very simple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cork1958 Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Zenwalk just works with everything I've tried it on. http://zenwalk.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
articuno1au Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Still trying to get Arch working so i dont think Gentoo is for me lol Me either :p I put my money behind LMDE then >.< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cute James Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Just out of curiosity, what happens in 8 hours? Haggis 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haggis Veteran Posted September 11, 2012 Author Veteran Share Posted September 11, 2012 lol I finish work and go home and download the distro i am going to try Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original Poster Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 centOS ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detection Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Just out of curiosity, what happens in 8 hours? You mean you don't know what happens if you take longer than 8 hours to pick a distro ? :o +Majesticmerc, Duffydemon and oliver182 3 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glassed Silver Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Care telling us what it's for, what you want to do with it, whether you like being on cutting-edge developments of linux, etc etc? Glassed Silver:mac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haggis Veteran Posted September 11, 2012 Author Veteran Share Posted September 11, 2012 yeah sure i use it for Web Browsing Email Watching Videos Playing games html/php/mysql use netbeans for code and usually have php,apache and mysql installed just so i can test stuff before uploading it sometimes play about with perl and python some graphics stuff but nothing heavy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Laughing Man Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Just out of curiosity what are your hardware specs, wondering why you've had so many issues so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haggis Veteran Posted September 11, 2012 Author Veteran Share Posted September 11, 2012 Its a compaq cq70 220em i cant get specs right now as at work :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haggis Veteran Posted September 11, 2012 Author Veteran Share Posted September 11, 2012 best i could get with not having access to laptop lol Conexant High-Definition SmartAudio 221 Driver Intel Chipset Installation Utility for ICH9m Mobile Intel 4 Series Express Chipset Atheros Wireless Realtek RTL8101E Family PCI-E Fast Etherne 160gb Hard Drive DVD Writer 2gb RAM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remixedcat Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Fedora w KDE it should work fine. I used it last on a 512MB RAM vmware VM and it was pretty smooth so you shouldn't have any trouble on that system.,... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haggis Veteran Posted September 11, 2012 Author Veteran Share Posted September 11, 2012 yeah with Unbuntu and Mint i had problems with the graphics with Arch i cant get networking to work correctly (but prob just me being a dumbass lol) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haggis Veteran Posted September 11, 2012 Author Veteran Share Posted September 11, 2012 does Debian come with Gnome 2 or 3? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glassed Silver Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 does Debian come with Gnome 2 or 3? I think they use Gnome 3 now... I'd go with Fedora and see which DE you like best. :) Glassed Silver:mac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haggis Veteran Posted September 11, 2012 Author Veteran Share Posted September 11, 2012 yeah i have spent most of the day looking at the different distros (fedora, mint, mint debian, debian, archbang) much to my bosses digust lol I think i have settled on Fedora for now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Growled Member Posted September 12, 2012 Member Share Posted September 12, 2012 Fedora is a good choice. It's never worked for me, though. I guess I'm too use to Debian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remixedcat Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Arch was touchy for me.... specially on dell laptops.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorak Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Arch was touchy for me.... specially on dell laptops.... Touchy in what way? Just curious. And Fedora is a good distro. What problems were you having with Ubuntu and Linux Mint, specifically? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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