LINUX for a LAPPY

[butitoy]

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mga codeslinger bros and sis..

whats the best distro for an entry level lappy?



and please put also link where i may download a copy.





i need it for my traveling friend who is afraid of licensing issues upon entry to any country..

badly need it..

[Mambazzoo]

ubuntu bro ok kaau.

kun live cd ginagmay lang pang internet, used Puppy linux or SAM linux.

[butitoy]

ubuntu bro ok kaau.

kun live cd ginagmay lang pang internet, used Puppy linux or SAM linux.

thanks bro.

nagdownload nako ug puppy..

thanks for confirming that its gud for lappy.

[javapenguin]

I have an old Acer laptop (3 yrs), with only 768M (512+256) memory, 1.5G Celeron M, installed it with Fedora 10, performance is better than what I expected, but Ubuntu is more user friendly, but can't make the wifi work.

[butitoy]

I have an old Acer laptop (3 yrs), with only 768M (512+256) memory, 1.5G Celeron M, installed it with Fedora 10, performance is better than what I expected, but Ubuntu is more user friendly, but can't make the wifi work.

thanks bro

ako pud na suwayan.

mau ni ka nindot sa LINUX, daghan flavors

[grss1982]

You might wanna try Simply Mepis (MEPIS | Now Shipping Version 7.0) or Ubuntu (Ubuntu Home Page | Ubuntu). Although Ubuntu might be the safest choice kay it comes with no codecs for video playback by default. I've read somewhere before that those third party codecs for video playback are illegal in some countries.

Hope that helps.

NOTE: I've only tried the Linux flavors above on an Acer laptop (celeron 1.6 GHZ) in the Live CD Mode. Didn't install it since it wasn't mine.

[centax error]

just curious, which country is very particular in checking notebooks...will they ask you to boot and check serials and all that stuff? that might take forever and hopefully not miss your flight

[javapenguin]

thanks bro

ako pud na suwayan.

mau ni ka nindot sa LINUX, daghan flavors

I tried openSUSE and ubuntu but got problems with broadcom wifi, I was able to make it work with fedora 10, it has a more comprehensive procedure. The Network Manager is really cool, you can easily switch between wifi providers easily & see their corresponding signal strength as well.

[burikoy12]

Istrikto diay kaayo abroad? Mora'g dili na man seguro na inspeksyonon ang lappy. Oh well, better safe than sorry.

For laptops oks na kaayo ang Ubuntu. Try the LiveCD first and see if your Wifi Card is supported. Otherwise, dali ra man sad pag-install ana using your Windows drivers using ndiswrapper.

Kun maglisod ka, try Linux Mint, it is an Ubuntu-based distro with lots of GUI-based tools for things like installing the wifi driver.

Currently, running Ubuntu Ultimate Edition 2.0 though I find it too bloated. Saon wa na may time pagpabling sa desktop mao nga gamit na lang ug blinged na daan nga distro.

I also love Linux Puppy. Very fast and stable. Good wifi support too.

[magicrivers]

I have a MSI Wind netbook and Mandriva 2009 works out-of-the-box, not like other distros that doesn't support the built-in wi-fi