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06-01-2012, 01:33 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jun 2012
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good os
hi linux is a good os
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06-01-2012, 01:36 AM
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Registered: Sep 2011
Location: Trinidad & Tobago
Distribution: Debian Stretch
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That's why we prefer it over others.
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06-01-2012, 06:28 AM
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Registered: May 2012
Location: London
Distribution: Debian and slackware for uni
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Yep. But which distro lol. I think slackware personally.
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06-01-2012, 08:18 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Dec 2011
Location: Michigan USA
Distribution: OpenSUSE 13.2 64bit-Gnome on ASUS U52F
Posts: 1,444
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FreeBSD and its derivatives are pretty good too, Hard rock solid stuff. However lot have to do with the hardware you have. If there is not compatibility with the OS then is a recipe for disaster.
Good luck to you!
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06-01-2012, 08:53 AM
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Registered: May 2012
Location: London
Distribution: Debian and slackware for uni
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That is the main problem. Hardware compatibility. Do you guys know any good sites for drivers for linux? Centos is giving me some problems with the screen res. Need a updated driver..
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06-01-2012, 09:41 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Jul 2009
Location: Virginia
Distribution: Debian Stable Testing Sid Slackware CentOS
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Glad you are here!
Quote:
Originally Posted by jitupundir
hi linux is a good os
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Welcome to LQ!
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06-01-2012, 09:44 AM
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LQ Addict
Registered: Dec 2011
Location: UK
Distribution: Debian Sid AMD64, Raspbian Wheezy, various VMs
Posts: 7,680
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If there's a proprietary driver then the latest can usually be had from the manufacturer's website. If not then you should be able to google for the latest packages of the open source project (e.g. Nouveau) for your system -- somebody may have packaged them or there may be a repository for newer software. Or, you could try the project website and see whether you can compile a newer version from source.
With CentOS I may be wrong but I would expect your drivers to be a few versions behind due to it begin a stable enterprise-grade OS rather than a cutting edge desktop one.
If you're a bit more specific about the drivers you want I'm sure that if they're available somebody will be using them and be able to let you know how they did it.
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06-01-2012, 10:59 AM
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Registered: Apr 2012
Distribution: Gentoo
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Yet another troll?
Also Linux is not an OS, it's just a kernel.
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