Linux Choice for Laptop
Linux Choice for Laptop
You're considering switching to Linux instead of Windows 10 for your laptop. Since you won't be playing games locally, you'll likely use Steam for gaming through a home streaming setup on your Windows desktop. I understand this question has been discussed many times, but I'm seeking guidance on which option—Ubuntu or Linux Mint—is better suited for you. Any advice would be appreciated. Cheers.
Ubunutu is great, but Mint looks more similar to Windows and consumes less power.
Think I'll try Mint first, looks good from what I've seen, and probably best using that first coming from Windows. Although there's a fair chance I'll try others too soon enough. Cheers guys.
I'm planning to use Lubuntu and Elementary because they're both lightweight. Lubuntu is more detailed than Elementary. I'd recommend CrunchBang for its Hollywood Hacker vibe without being too hard to use, though the development team has stopped working on it. EDIT: CrunchBang later became https://www.bunsenlabs.org/
It depends on the components inside the laptop. If it uses Nvidia or Intel graphics, Mint works well. However, with AMD graphics, consider distributions with recent kernel updates such as Fedora 25, Ubuntu 16.10, Open Suse, or Arch-based ones like Manjaro.
I favor Ubuntu with the Gnome interface; Fedora works well, though I rely heavily on my apt commands from memory.