Toshiba Satellite L645 doesnt help that much, there are a lot of models. The full model number would be something like 'Satellite L645-S4059'.
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free (zero price)
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That is most of the linux distros.
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easy to use
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Very hard to quantify. But you'd probably want to avoid slackware. While its a great distro, its a bit more fiddly than a lot of distros.
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installing and uninstalling software are easy to do
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Most of the linux distros are _very_ easy to install/remove software. Easier than windows by a long shot.
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wireless works normally
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Pretty much hardware/driver related. You might have some issues with some wireless hardware.
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software in the repositories are up to date
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Very complex. By 'up to date' do you mean 'has the newest version of software XXXXX in the repos? If so, you're going to be disappointed, the 'easy to use' dsitros are almost always a bit behind the newest version.
It wont matter that much in 95%+ of cases, and if you're using a distro that is currently supported, you will be getting security updates, even if the software is 'out of date' if you chek the version number.
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can play .mkv, H264, and 1080p videos without lagging
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Hardware and software setup dependant. But in most cases, you should get smooth 1080p playback with a current nVidia or ATI/AMD video card once you've setup hardware video decoding.
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can play 3D video games without lagging
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Hardware dependant again. You arent going to play 'metro- last light' on a 2000 era video card.
Depending on the hardware you have, driver status for that hardware, the game you want to play, what distro and desktop you are running you might find linux faster, or slower than windows. Generally, if its linux native, I'd expect the same or better framerates than under windows. If its windows only, you'll need to use WINE ('WINdows Emulator', or to be more accurate, 'Wine Is Not an Emulator'), and framerates will most likely be lowewr.
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Hi nuxxun, you can use any linux except the enterprise ones in which you have to pay for updates.
Go with Ubuntu/Fedora (Latest Version).
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respect the user's privacy
I can tolerate that as long as the operating system is mostly open source and doesn't spy on me.
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That knocks out ubuntu...
I'd be looking at debian 7, maybe mint 13 LTS ('long term support'). You could use debian testing- more up to date software, but you'll probably break it at some point. Or Mint 15/16, which has short support length isues. Mint 16 which was just released last month is 'end of life, out of support' in July 2014. Fedora 19/20 is also an option, they have slightly longer support lengths than non-'LTS' mint or the ubuntus mint is based off. Dont worry, mint strips out the ubuntu spyware.