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Can lainchan recommend me a distro? I tried all the buntu flavors and they just run slow on my X200s, or just slower than I'd hope. I tried Arch with XFCE, everything was fine except for WiFi which refused to connect to open networks and sometimes to pass networks (dhcpcd didn't work well I think) and also USBs wouldn't mount for soykaf . I want a distro that is light on the resources (DE would be either XFCE or openbox maybe?) and that would offer pretty minimal maintenance. I want it to boot and just be ready to write code and then compile using gcc.

i use ubuntu gnome 15.04 everything just works on my thinkpad t61 and runs fine. i use some nice gnome extensions like simple dock. everythings extremely comfy.

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why bother with a desktop if all you need is gcc? just kidding (kind of). if all of the *buntus, particularly Xubuntu and Lubuntu, had trouble on your device then there really aren't too many other lightweight, low maintainence, idiot-proof options.

Maybe default Mint Cinnamon is what you want, OP. It runs fast on my old laptop, and hardly needs any maintenance. Bluetooth, wi-fi and usb media - all works out of the box.

Sounds like you'll love Slackware, OP.

>>17120 If you can work on BSD then OpenBSD is what you want. Everything works on my x201 out of the box and installing an environment is just one pkg_add away but cwm is good if you want minimal without installing anything new. It also sorts out WiFi firmware automatically on install so you won't have to worry about that. Maintanance is low and when you do, everything is in a sane place with documentation so it won't take long at all. >>>/art/2299 Is how my install looks with xmonad but XFCE and openbox are in ports if you want them

seriously just fuarrrking use Xubuntu, it's what everyone who can't be bothered to rice soykaf or fix broken soykaf switched to long ago

>>17143 >using a Debian-based distro Now that's what I call harmful.(USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)

>>17120 debian with lxde or xfce is pretty cool.

>>17143 no. use the flavor of Ubuntu that suits your situation best. i used to run LXDE Ubuntu (lubuntu) because the default key shortcuts were nice and because >>17120 >>17120 it's fast as fuarrrk! did you try it OP if it doesnt help, get an SSD into your x200 (thinkpad or whatever, and i swear if you tell me the HD is soldered in there i'm gonna scream) i recently learned i3 and installed it on debian which is easy and also fast af >>>/art/2325 (now for some more general conversation) ubuntu is great for noobs who need to use a nodepad-like text editor while they learn how to get their aptitude sources working again or whatever, so next time when they are in shell only they know what to do >>17162 debian is pretty cool in general imo. then again i'm biased because i fuarrrking suck at other distros and didn't like them much when i messed with them so far

>>17123 If you wanna use OS X so bad why dont you just use OS X

OP HERE I installed C#++ It's fast as fuarrrk and so far very pretty and stable. Thanks for all the input guys. I only use this laptop for casual programming and browsing the web with the occasional email here and there. For just that it's excellent now, I can highly recommend this machine to anyone. If you have any questions about my laptop feel free to ask I'll be glad to answer any.

>>17120 debian puppy for fun Been running debian since I was introduced to linux (lost all files after failing to set up a dual boot), haven't really had any issues. Everything is well documented. Mint is a good option if you want something that just werks

>>17214 >lost all files after failing to set up a dual boot Did you shrink working partition during the install? Sorry for off-topic

>>17204 I too, am partial to #!++, also like LXLE a lot.

Op, try manjaro, its pretty low maintenance and easy to use. AUR is great and you can utilize the arch wiki which is really helpful. Im thinking about trying slackware but am a little intimidated, Ive been using manjaro for about a year, and ubuntu for about six months before that but am not sure if Im ready for a more advanced kind of distro. I dont really care that much about distros, I just want to get the job done but I feel as though there is a great deal more to learn about linux/unix and beginner distros obfuscates that. Also, Im in school and work so I cannot spend hours fixing things. >inb4 install gentoo (I might)

>>17217 What is the draw of slackware other than being difficult?

>>17218 The assumption that I will learn more about linux and/or programming using it rather than a beginner distro. Also Im curious about other distros to a certain extent and have heard good things about slack. Also no systemd doesnt hurt.

>>17221 you can learn to understand the underpinnings of Linux with any distribution.

>>17120 Mint or Netrunner. >>17217 Isn't Manjaro based on Arch?

>>17223 You can also learn everything about neurosurgery and never actually do surgery on someone.

>>17226 what's your point? you can understand Linux (and operating systems in general) in the abstract but there are also zero boundaries to actually hacking internals on any given distribution, unlike surgery.

If your already used to Ubuntu I would stick to a debian based sytstem, what better than Debian testing, and to make matters easier here is a link to the ISO's that have non free firmware, so your hardware is automatically detected and the relevant wifi driver installed. http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/ You may need an additional nonfree firmware pack after installing the above on some hardware but not normally.

>>17227 his logic is that hard distros force you to learn because they don't justwerk

>>17193 >railing on someone's choice of DE he can use whatever the hell he damn well pleases. isn't that the point of linux? or have we forgotten the original intentions of gnome/kde because they damn well sure weren't original GUI ideas unto themselves

>>17467 word

Use pinguy os(based in ubuntu) or majaro(based in arch).

How do I configure partitions if i have hdd and ssd? I want to have games, music and animu on hard disk and system and programs on ssd

>>17120 Manjaro, based on Arch. Easy to use like Ubuntu, but you have more control. Also on my machines, it has been way faster than ubuntu or linux mint (both debian based). >>17552 You don't need to partition anything if you have two hard drives and want to keep your OS data on one and files on the other. The only partitioning you really need to do is on the OS drive. You should have a partition for each mount point of the OS that you want to separate. i.e. sda1 = /boot sda2 = / (root) sda3 = swap sda4 = home You don't have to do it this way. If you want to read a detailed guide on how to partition for Arch based distros, read this. It will help you understand. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Partitioning

>>17552 previous comment sums it up but if you want games on your HDD you will either have to manually install to paths on that disk or modify whatever install script your package manager is working with on a per package basis. since any dependencies will still be living on your SSD I wouldn't bother personally.