Thank you!

I'd repeat my point about looking at documentation first. So, reading the description of the installer should warn anyone that Fedora is not for beginners. Similarly, I like Black Lab, but there was no documentation at all, last time I looked. Vine is great, provided you can read Japanese or can do without any instructions.

Also, don't get a specialist distro for general use. I've always liked Puppy, but it's designed to run from RAM: a conventional installation is a security risk on any computer with an internet connection.

There's no perfect distro for a newbie, you're simply going to have to try the ones that seem interesting. Second please read first, ask google second, ask the forums third there is so much great documentation out there that you should be able to solve your problems by reading.

I'm not angry and didn't see any person who was negative.

We do see this type of question a lot.


Kind of like asking what type of girl should I marry isn't it? Shouldn't it be the one you love?

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Asking this question on a Linux forum is one of the biggest cans of worms you can open. My first Dristo was Mandriva and used it for years. I'm now using Manjaro Xfce. IMHO I consider Xfce to be one of the best desktop environments for new Linux users.

Moved to B/c Shiny things are fun...

So when it stops "support," any bright ideas then?

I ram windows XP for like 4ever with no support.
most people run windows with no support when it is available.
that is what help forums are 4.
divers to get it running on a "new" install would be the hardest in finding them, just got a dig for them on the internet is all.
whense it is installed and running whats to support??
all of them updates are mostly taking up hard drive space security patches.

what type of support U B takin' bout?

He's talking about things like, oh I don't know...security updates...exploit patches...new versions of applications...things like that. If that doesn't concern you, then just pat yourself on the back for being bot fodder.

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Please tell me you're being sarcastic.

Not to mention your hardware vs. bricks and so on...

I don't stay up late night worrying about such things as is my security updates current cuz I'd hate for someone to hack my laptop and get a hold of all of my free "porn" I got off the free porn sights that are much eaier to access then trying to hack into my computer to get. LOL

I don't keep personal information on it neither. I have nothing to loose -- most they can do is disrup me to the point I'd have to just re-install my os. NO Big Deal...


btw I don't use XP NE more - now - I run Linux full speed now.

the interesting thing is for the whole time XP was supported it still could not plug up all of the leaks it had in it, same thing goes for all of their other versions. it is in a constant updating status for ever updating security leaks.

you have to put a side at least 10GB to cover all of the updates..

I tried to use Ubuntu 15.04, but to may errors, realizing that it's only beta, I went to 14.04 because I have read that was error free .....LOL not so!
Maybe Mint, so I figured I would download Mint and use it in Virtualbox to see it I like it, but no luck, I get error message that says: Virtualbox will not start because VT-x is disabled in the Bios.
I went to the Bios and looked for VT-x but I'm Still looking because I can not find it, so I'm beginning to wonder, do these developers know these problems exist when they release these distro's ?.....
I sincerely hope that I am in the correct page this time for asking questions regarding a question because the last time in here I was criticized for asking a question, but it seemed to me, the person who levelled the criticism didn't know the answer to my question, in my humble opinion that's why I was criticized......

If your computer doesnt support virtualization, then using a a virtual machine will not work. This has nothing to do with the developers of any Linux distribution.

Please post your laptop model and BIOS version. Then we can see if it does or not. Have you checked the manufacuter's website to see if there any firmware updates?

Error Free? Come on, dude. When something doesnt seem to work, you will have to try to fix it. Use Google Search, there's tons of info on fixing Linux/hardware issues.

yeeeeeeP I had to turn on my virtualization through my BIOS before I could run VBox.

This is what seperates Linux from Windows or MAC OS and a like