Stable and working Linux Distribution recommend me please
 

Hi all Linux friends,

Let me introduce myself, My name is Saurav and I hated Windows OS and thought that Linux will be a better OS.

I have a Lenovo Thinkpad T61 Laptop with the following specifications:-

Intel Core Duo processor 2.40 GHz
128MB nVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M
Intel 802.11agn wireless

I did a fresh installation of Ubunto using Live CD by removing Windows partition.

After starting Ubuntu my Laptop overheated and it was impossible to use the Touchpad due to the heat.

I tried to get help for Ubuntu from different Ubuntu forums but of no avail.

My primary NEED for a LINUX Distribution is as follows:

A. Programming need.
B. Compilers, Linkers and Debuggers.
C. Speed in Mathematical calculations.

Apart fromthat I do not need a Linux Distribution for Games/Graphics/Display etc.etc....

Just plain working fast Dist.

Please recommend a STABLE working Linux Distribution for this sake?.

Or else, I have heard FREEBSD to be a good stable OS for basic computing.

Should I install FreeBSD instead?.

Thanks
Saurav

Stable and working Linux Distribution recommend me please
 

Hi all Linux friends,

Let me introduce myself, My name is Saurav and I hated Windows OS and thought that Linux will be a better OS.

I have a Lenovo Thinkpad T61 Laptop with the following specifications:-

Intel Core Duo processor 2.40 GHz
128MB nVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M
Intel 802.11agn wireless

I did a fresh installation of Ubunto using Live CD by removing Windows partition.

After starting Ubuntu my Laptop overheated and it was impossible to use the Touchpad due to the heat.

I tried to get help for Ubuntu from different Ubuntu forums but of no avail.

My primary NEED for a LINUX Distribution is as follows:

A. Programming need.
B. Compilers, Linkers and Debuggers.
C. Speed in Mathematical calculations.

Apart fromthat I do not need a Linux Distribution for Games/Graphics/Display etc.etc....

Just plain working fast Dist.

Please recommend a STABLE working Linux Distribution for this sake?.

Or else, I have heard FREEBSD to be a good stable OS for basic computing.

Should I install FreeBSD instead?.

Thanks
Saurav

well
heres some info
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/ThinkWiki

and, which Ubuntu?
9.10
I would say 9.10 is far from stable....

Have you used FreeBSD before?
What distros have you used?

I had installed Karma Koala Ubunto(9.10) , and caused the overheating problem.

I have NEVER installed FreeBSD on laptops before, the only time I used FreeBSD was in a SERVER machine and it worked great. So I have no idea how freeBSD will work in a laptop.

I am just looking for a stable OS causing no hardware problems cause I have a expensive laptop and do not want to ruin it with a bad OS.

Yes
I remember seeing cautions about using Thinkpads and some distros

As far as stable..

I say Ubuntu-9.04 any

SalixOS (slack13)
http://www.salixos.org/wiki/index.php?title=Home

Eeebuntu too
http://www.eeebuntu.org/

I would say you should do two things:

1) Go multiboot; either by installing a few into the lappy
or by running them from usb
note that you can run most distros as "frugal"
from hd, even within your Ubuntu install partition

2) Go the roll-your-own route by making your own Ubuntu or Debian
a good base is
Masonux-9.04
http://sites.google.com/site/masonux/home
I built Phalanx-9.04 off of Masonux-9.04 via Remastersys
http://linux.softpedia.com/get/Syste...DE-52442.shtml

OH
I forgot about CrunchBang-9.04-Lite
http://crunchbanglinux.org/

I just did the scripted net-install of crunchbang lite 9.04 last night
http://www.crunchbanglinux.org/wiki/...ition_-_32-bit
go down the page till you see Alternative install

Great Thing about CrunchBang??
its setup totally for lappy's and its got most the keys setup
so, like hittin super+w pops up firefox
or cntrl+p pops up pcmanfm
and you can also setup the keys too
no mouse even needed!

Software should not be able to make any box overheat, I think you have a hardware fault. Debian works on older systems so (I am guessing) should take less processor time than Ubuntu. Slackware also works on older boxes, but the installer is not quite as friendly for a new user. It only runs what is necessary for a working user, ie, browser, word processor, mail, etc, but you will need to work a bit harder to get other software on. Welcome to the community and don't give up!

see this too
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/ThinkWiki

and be careful; I have read somewhere that a few Linux distros have issues with overheating thinkpads
I would not try Ubuntu 9.10 yet...

Go with a stable, known good distro for thinkpads

after using my netbook for a whole day under 9.10 i can say it is pretty stable. Much better than the last ubuntu 6.* i use to have on my desktop.

however i did experience some heat issue once, i wasnt aware that it was actually an issue by the OS. I'll have to look into that.

I can vouch for ubuntu karmic that it is one of the easiest to get going, there wasnt ANY hassle in drivers etc. Once installed everything worked A-OK. Wireless, bluetooth, mouthpad (even multi-touch) keyboard.

Ive only had minor problems, i installed compiz and loved it, worked great even the cube, but then i try to get the geni minimise effect and disabled it from System->Appearance->visual effect and now i cant turn it on.

another issue ive had is getting the Battery management to work for this brand and once when streaming YouTube i couldnt forward the clip...the tab that plays the video length just became dud.

to let you know however i havent been using it for too long so we'll see what else washes up!

and yes software can certainly DESTROY hardware...

Please don't post duplicate threads----In this case, since both have replies, I'll move this into Laptops, and then someone can merge