Linux Distro's

[chris01282]

I am going to use a Linux distro in my laptop and was thinking which one to use?

Ubuntu looks boring to me, although it does work ok (have used it on vmware)
PC-BSD looks like it could be a good choice for me


Anyone have any other flavours that they can recommend, and why you would recommend them?

Thanks

[leek]

Stick to Ubuntu for laptops.
Seems to have the best laptop support (sound, suspend/hibernate, battery monitoring, etc etc)

[uplink]

Definitely go with Ubuntu.

[MikesTraffic]

running ubuntu on my laptop and love it....thinking seriously on transitioning my desktop over to it

[kektex]

Try Linux Mint, it's based on Ubuntu but looks and feels much more elegant.

[fuzebox]

"boring"?

What do you consider exciting in an operating system?

[Helix]

Mepis Linux
Debian based, user friendly, helpful friendly user base and it works.

[John-ACWM]

Cool opinions, I'm looking forward into buying another laptop...and a new operating system

[TheSenator]

I went with the whole Linux Ubuntu thing a few months ago with an extra laptop I had lying around. Stupid programs that I use didn't work so instead of re-loading XP Professional, I re-load with TinyXP Christmas Edition 2008.

My laptop is blazing fast and all the programs I use work. The WINDOWS folder is only 600mb.

[fallenmuffin]

I run Fedora

[HomerSimpson]

I have Fedora on my laptop for testing purposes and it works good...