I think the big question here should be:<br><br>Which distro do you use and feel confortable with?<br><br>I think that's the point you should look for.<br><br>If you're used to OpenSuse and know how stuff works in this distro, and you listen (or read o.O) to me when I say "You should use Arch Linux on your HP machine, it rocks!", perhaps you'll just find a lot of problems like: What is this file doing here? How can I start this service? Why is it asking me to identify this daemon? etc..<br>
<br>Perhaps, in this case, Arch won't be the best distro for YOUR HP machine, because it will just give you problems to solve (and makes you waste your time). But (just for joke) if you send me this machine as a christmas gift, I would say that Arch is the best distro for this machine, because now it's not about YOUR HP machine, but about MY HP machine.<br>
<br>BUT (a huge "but") you're not used to any distro, you should pay attention on what Colin and William are writing about. Perhaps it's time to read about some distros, check the differences, test a few of them, etc.<br>
<br>It's really up to you. You're the only one who could say which distro would be better for your machine.<br><br>best,<br><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div><span style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><p>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 1:21 PM, Colin McGregor <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:colin.mc151-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org" target="_blank">colin.mc151-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im">On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 9:58 AM, bob295 <<a href="mailto:icanprogram-sKcZck+fQKg@public.gmane.org">icanprogram-sKcZck+fQKg@public.gmane.org</a>> wrote:<br>
> A colleague of mine has acquired a used HP laptop (HP Pavilion dv9000 AMD<br>
> Turion 64 x2 Mobile Tech TL-52 x2 1600 MHz).<br>
><br>
> Any suggestions on what Linux distro would be best for this machine?<br>
<br>
</div>If you were to ask 20 people "What the best flavour of ice cream?",<br>
you could get 20 legitimate, but different answers.<br>
<br>
I run Debian on my laptop, which for some is arguably not the "best",<br>
but I have been running Debian on my desktop, so I am familiar with<br>
where things are, how things are organized etc.. So, is your colleague<br>
familiar with a major distribution currently? That is where I would<br>
start, any MAJOR Linux distribution should be okay on a laptop, and<br>
the ease of transition from desktop to laptop could well be worth any<br>
minor defects the disto. has in dealing with laptops. If there is a<br>
show stopper with the desktop distro., then I would be looking at<br>
distributions from the same conceptual family, so if they know Debian,<br>
I would look at say Ubuntu, or if they know Red Hat then a look at<br>
Fedora/CentOS would be worth while.<br>
<br>
If they don't currently know a Linux distribution, then you are<br>
starting at square one, and a range of arguments can be made for<br>
different distributions. I would suggest your colleague stick with one<br>
of the major distributions (more likely to include support / updates<br>
for oddball laptop hardware), but comments on my part beyond that are<br>
likely to trigger an unwanted flame war...<br>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
<br>
Colin McGregor<br>
</font></span><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
> Thanks in advance for your help.<br>
><br>
> bob<br>
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