Best OS for Notebook ?

achillius · 11-25-2013, 11:54 AM

I have Sony Vaio Notebook with AMD E2-2000 1.75 GH
RAM 4 GB
Screen 11.6.
what's the OS for me in terms of performance and battery consumption ?
The battery isn't lasting for long time

rokytnji · 11-25-2013, 01:26 PM

This works pretty good

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harry@biker:~
$ apt-cache policy chromium
chromium:
  Installed: 31.0.1650.57-1
  Candidate: 31.0.1650.57-1
  Version table:
 *** 31.0.1650.57-1 0
        500 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
harry@biker:~
$ cat /etc/os-release
PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux jessie/sid"
NAME="Debian GNU/Linux"
ID=debian
ANSI_COLOR="1;31"
HOME_URL="http://www.debian.org/"
SUPPORT_URL="http://www.debian.org/support/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="http://bugs.debian.org/"
harry@biker:~
$ inxi -Fxz
System:    Host: biker Kernel: 3.12.1-antix.1-486-smp i686 (32 bit, gcc: 4.7.3) 
           Desktop: IceWM 1.3.7 Distro: antiX-13_386-full Luddite 01 June 2013
Machine:   System: manda product: Intel powered classmate PC version: Gen 1.5L
           Mobo: N/A model: N/A Bios: American Megatrends version: CM94515A.86A.0024.2008.0715.1716 date: 07/15/2008
CPU:       Single core Intel Core CPU N270 (-HT-) cache: 512 KB flags: (nx pae sse sse2 sse3 ssse3) bmips: 3191.96 
           Clock Speeds: 1: 1067.00 MHz 2: 1600.00 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Intel Mobile 945GSE Express Integrated Graphics Controller bus-ID: 00:02.0 
           X.Org: 1.14.3 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1024x600@53.3hz 
           GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel 945GME x86/MMX/SSE2 GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 9.2.2 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio:     Card: Intel NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: k3.12.1-antix.1-486-smp
Network:   Card: Realtek RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller 
           driver: r8169 ver: 2.3LK-NAPI port: ec00 bus-ID: 01:00.0
           IF: eth1 state: down mac: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 63.3GB (51.6% used) 1: id: /dev/sda model: KingSpec_KSD size: 63.3GB 
Partition: ID: / size: 59G used: 31G (56%) fs: ext2 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 61.0C mobo: N/A 
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A 
Info:      Processes: 117 Uptime: 26 min Memory: 450.4/2014.9MB Runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 4.8.2 
           Client: Shell (bash 4.2.45) inxi: 1.9.16

As usual. Distro recommendations and personal preferences, personal linux skillset, plus what ever:
enters into these posts. This is what I like on my little netbooks.

SolydX is on another just like this one, (exact same netbook) but without internal ssd drive. It is a easy
to use Debian based distro that would suit you just fine also.

I am sure others will be suggested also.

CamTheSaxMan · 11-25-2013, 08:50 PM

Really, the best OS for battery life is Microsoft Windows, but I assume you are looking for a Linux distro. The only distro I've had decent battery life with is Crunchbang Linux (decent meaning almost as much as Windows). Linux Mint and Ubuntu seem to chug a battery like it's a soft drink. Ultimately, your battery life depends on the compatibility between your OS and hardware. I've had Windows Vista outlast Tiny Core Linux on the same hardware. Some hardware manufacturers refuse to support Linux (Take Nvidia for example, which Torvalds publicly slammed), so making drivers is mostly guesswork.

You can also install some power management tools, which can increase battery life slightly.

frankbell · 11-25-2013, 08:58 PM

Slackware has worked fine on my laptops--about the same battery life as Windows, though I seldom run them on battery.

With my netbook, Mint and Ubuntu both provide the advertised three hour battery life.

Germany_chris · 11-26-2013, 05:43 PM

I get more battery life out my E6500 with Arch than Windows because I can control and govern everything that gets power.

I'd probably Gentoo your little guy but that mainly because I'm itching for a Gentoo project..

s.verma · 11-29-2013, 12:53 AM

If talking about battery, then best is to invest some time in using lightweight gui like LXDE and also some lightweight applications rather selecting an OS.
Like on my debian 6 GNU Linux, I replaced Audacious with Mplayer just because Audacious was taking more cpu than Mplayer for same mp3 file.

It's also better to use cli apps on linux, because lower the cpu use, lower would be heating and higher time your battery give.

Tech7 · 12-05-2013, 08:55 AM

I have been using Linux Mint on different laptops, seems to work quite well! I also used ZevenOS Neptune on one of my x64 laptops works great too!

eufawif · 12-08-2013, 08:29 PM

I use Elementary OS Luna on my HP laptop. It's pretty fast and, in my opinion, really good looking. Plus, it's based on Ubuntu, so more applications and support. And, my notebook keeps battery life for a long time on Elementary OS. Not sure about Sony, though.