What Linux Distro

Nevakonaza · 28 Dec 2012 at 03:10

What Linux distro would you recommend for the following system,Will be used strictly for basic internet/YouTube and that's it.

Must have good Wireless detection,as i use a Net gear USB wireless stick.

Core 2 Duo E6300 1.86Ghz
Gigabyte GA-G41M-Combo
1GB 800Mhz DDR2 (2X 512Mb sticks for Dual Channel)
250GB Seagate Barracuda 7200Rpm.
On board graphics (Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X4500 (DirectX 10) )

Thanks for any suggestions.

TomUK2012 · 28 Dec 2012 at 11:36

If you are new to Linux then Mint or Ubuntu would be a good bet.

If you are a bit more geeky then Fedora could be for you - and if you really want to get the most out of it then Gentoo or Arch Linux.

There are a lot of options in this space - distrowatch.com might help you (look at the chart thing on the right side of the homepage)

matthab · 28 Dec 2012 at 11:40

I like fedora as its well used and kept upto date. It also has a big user base.

craptakular · 28 Dec 2012 at 11:54

For the love of nix do not use ubuntu.

Try Debian, opensuse, fedora or Mageia

Throrik · 28 Dec 2012 at 13:08

Oxy said:
For the love of nix do not use ubuntu.

Try Debian, opensuse, fedora or Mageia

I always wonder why people say this. If you had said don't use the failure that is Ubuntu 12.10 with various terrible kernel issues and missing headers then I would agree, but 12.04 is fantastic for what most Linux users want.

Saying that - the OPs specs would run snappier on something other than Unity so I would suggest X/Lubuntu if you wanted to go with the Ubuntu family, or Debian would be a great choice with whatever DE you want.