Which Linux distribution to choose for the Acer Aspire V3-771 laptop?

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Good evening.
One of these days the
Acer Aspire V3-771 PowerStation Full HD laptop will arrive
Screen: 17.3''
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Processor: Intel Core i7
RAM: 6 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD): 750 GB
Video card: GeForce GT 740M
And I want to put on it linux (now ubuntu 13.04 is installed on the home PC), the laptop will be used instead of the home PC, I'm not special for working (web programming) in linux, I used ubuntu on my home PC not so long, only 2-3 months.
I liked Ubuntu in principle, but the question arose which version to set 12.04 LTS as stable and wait for 14.04 LTS or install 13.10 and again wait for the release of 14.04 LTS, tell me which is better or just if you have experience with all these versions / other linux distributions, which one is better choose, I also think it's better for my laptop to set the x64 architecture?

Answer 1

x64 for sure. I would recommend 12.04. And wait 14.04. But to put it not in April, but rather in October)
This is all IMHO, of course. I have been using Ubuntu since 2008. Something like this: 8.04, 8.10, 9.04, 9.10, 10.04, 12.04.

Answer 2

I suggest paying attention to Crunchbang (Debian-based). Fast, convenient distribution kit in OpenBox. Everything you need is already included in the kit.

Answer 3

You can pay attention to Mint. A close relative of Ubuntu with a more traditional interface.

Answer 4

Install the latest Mint. If you work, then with Mate, if you need "beautifully", then with Cinnamon.

Answer 5

Strange situation. Start to finally respect yourself and choose a distribution kit (and any software and hardware in general) based on your needs, and not on the needs of a laptop. Iron should work for you, and not vice versa.

Answer 6

Ubuntu has become quite sad lately, as have gnome modifications.
Debian+kde?

Answer 7

It seems to me that you should bother with LTS, only on a production server. Houses would definitely put the last stable.

Answer 8

You have an interesting question, which distribution kit to choose. I think it is necessary to proceed from the need to work with some kind of software. Or learn something new because Linux!=Ubuntu. I myself have been working with Linux not very long ago, the first distribution that I encountered was Black Cat 5.2. Since he worked mainly in large corporations, he continued to use RH similar distributions. Your question, as far as I understand it, does not require an answer. It sounds something like this: I have 100r. What should I spend them on if I don't need anything. Now I will tell you a secret, the web server will work on any Linux. And since beech hardware is fairly standard, I think it will work with most modern distributions, with direct hands.

Answer 9

You can put Debian or Fedora, and so knowledge in Linux may not be enough, you need to choose those distributions for which there is a huge amount of documentation and forums IMHO

Answer 10

very correct and good question asked the HARDWARE. For example, in my Ubuntu 12.04, the Russian keyboard layout still falls off after a reboot or hibernation. It is added, of course, quickly, but it irritates thoroughly. Same problem with buttons "<>|' with a German keyboard - they simply do not correspond to the native buttons on the laptop.As
I understand from everything written here, nothing better than U12.04 has yet appeared.

Answer 11

Now everyone will advise you what they use personally :)
I would recommend either building Gentoo or Sabayon (compiled by Gentoo with its package manager).

Answer 12

I guess the package manager is not important to you, and you mean choosing a distro, rather, choosing a desktop environment.
You know, I used KDE for a long time, and now (foolishly) I broke both the package manager and sneakers. After a couple of environment changes, I can confidently tell you that I have not found a more usable environment than KDE under Linux.
What I tried:
1) Unity - I honestly tried to accustom myself to it, I sincerely believed in the words "this is out of habit". Believe me now - this is not out of habit, Unity is absolutely unusable, which is worth only the list of open windows on the side, where they absolutely do not differ from ordinary applications in the same place, except for a slight bulge and barely noticeable arrows.
2) Mate + Compiz. Compiz is very crookedly integrated into it - this is in addition to the fact that the compiz itself is buggy, for example, for the second year now they have not fixed the bug with the disappearance of the cube when scrolling "desktops".
3) e17 - stupidity is not treated, that's how I will characterize the developers. There is a mega-convenient feature in modern environments when you grab a window by the top, move it to the edge, and it "spreads" to half the screen ). I found a thread where they were asked to add this thing, they said, in short, something like "we don't see the point". There were some other little things there, in general, so far not a particularly usable environment.
4) KDE. Of course, there were some bugs here, but it seemed to work stably for me lately; and then, rare bugs can still be tolerated, but unusability, as in other environments, no. Definitely, KDE is the best environment.
So install Kubuntu, or something with KDE.
UPD:
PS Yes, still, as a variant of XFCE + Compiz, but Compiz has been very buggy lately, so it's better not to look in this direction in terms of usability.
UPD2: By the way, even now, while I'm temporarily forced to use Mate, I still use KDE's applications: Amarok (however, the player, it's really a matter of taste), Kate, Konsole. And when I set up the emulator, the gamepad didn't work for me until I opened KDE's settings -- because. in the Gnome settings there is simply nothing related to the gamepad - and I did not go into the game controllers settings.