Is there a linux that can be used as a Win 10 replacement??

beachboy2 · 05-22-2016, 04:16 AM

gideon0110,

Nobody has mentioned the problems encountered on installing Linux on your particular Acer Aspire E-15 laptop.
This will give you an idea of what to expect.

Post#2 by oldfred:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2292563

Wifi:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/76308...er-aspire-e-15

Completely shut down:
http://acer--uk.custhelp.com/app/ans...NKVDZSbQ%3D%3D

Disabling Secure Boot (NB Write down the Supervisor password):
http://acer--uk.custhelp.com/app/ans...le-secure-boot

onebuck · 05-22-2016, 09:07 AM

Hi,

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Ihatewindows522 · 05-22-2016, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by dunne

If money isn't an issue, buy a Mac. Seriously. If it is, well... sell the laptop and buy a Mac? Disliking Windows is a really bad reason for moving to Linux, which is at least one order of magnitude more difficult for "the average user" (whoever he is!) to work with.

Last time I checked Ubuntu was more stable than OS X, although admittedly I haven't checked in a while. It's also a lot easier to change the battery on Ubuntu's flagship XPS 13 than it is on a Macbook.

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Originally Posted by cwizardone

OpenOffice is still around and now supported by Apache, https://www.openoffice.org/

Unfortunately, not for long.
http://www.infoworld.com/article/291...breoffice.html

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Originally Posted by whalake

Windows 10 supports NON UEFI mother boards where as all of the UBUNTU based distributions seem to be refusing to work if your BIOS does not support UEFI.

So I am in the process of testing dist-roes that target older machines including: Vector Linux, Macpup Linux & SlaxLinux.
I was happy using Mint-Mate until it updated/upgraded & therefore self destructed my operating system leaving me high and dry stranded in the Windows10-TROJAN-WORM virus OS.

That, sir, is what we in the biz call "complete BS and FUD". 16.04 LTS is running like a dream on my certified 2012 Latitude 14 WITHOUT UEFI and with no hacks or anything of that nature.

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Originally Posted by gitclone

Like don't visit porn sites when using windows!

Heh...don't visit any site in Windows. In fact, just pull out the network card and remove all doubt of its home-phoning. Better yet just have the infested disk shredded.

@OP, we will likely never see a drop in replacement for Windows in the next 10 years. That being said, for the things you do, a Mac would be way overkill...especially when you can get similar simplicity for free on Linux.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2061714