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I have a question, I use a laptop main computer, which I runs windows 7 (yes, I know windoz), and run Rasbian on my Raspberry pi so that I can run program made for Linux systems, i.e from github etc.
The main reason I use windows is I have had issues with ubuntu (swap drive error and was going to use autodesk 360). Ideally it would be better to run a linux based system on my laptop, however I am reluctant due to past issue. Does Antergos Linux work well with laptop or am I better off trying to get desktop with a bit more power than my raspberry pi?
If you are not experienced with Linux I would recommend Mint instead of any Arch based distribution. Some stuff just doesn't work out of the box on Arch and that is fine if you want to make highly tailored system to fit your preferences. On the other hand, Mint works out of the box, I never had to do anything myself and even my parents, who don't know anything about PCs, use it as their only OS. When you learn a bit about Linux and a bit about scripting(BASH, Python, etc.) I would recommend using Arch based distribution or plain Arch because you can customize everything and it forces you to do some stuff manually(e.g. you need to write script in order to audio to switch automatically to HDMI when connection is present). Because some stuff is not out of the box you get highly efficient OS that uses small amount of resources and does only stuff you need and want it to do.
EDIT: Also I had many problems with Ubuntu as a newcomer so I wouldn't recommend it over Mint.
Antergos should work as well as any up-to-date Linux distribution. Personally I prefer Fedora, but Arch tends to stay rather up-to-date. That being said, how well a distribution runs on a machine usually relies on what desktop environment you're using. Lightweight environments like XFCE will usually run faster than heavier environments like GNOME. Even lighter, you can forgo a DE and just use a window manager like i3 or Openbox.
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Hey everyone,
I have a question, I use a laptop main computer, which I runs windows 7 (yes, I know windoz), and run Rasbian on my Raspberry pi so that I can run program made for Linux systems, i.e from github etc.
The main reason I use windows is I have had issues with ubuntu (swap drive error and was going to use autodesk 360). Ideally it would be better to run a linux based system on my laptop, however I am reluctant due to past issue. Does Antergos Linux work well with laptop or am I better off trying to get desktop with a bit more power than my raspberry pi?
Hope this makes sense, thanks in advance
If you are not experienced with Linux I would recommend Mint instead of any Arch based distribution. Some stuff just doesn't work out of the box on Arch and that is fine if you want to make highly tailored system to fit your preferences. On the other hand, Mint works out of the box, I never had to do anything myself and even my parents, who don't know anything about PCs, use it as their only OS. When you learn a bit about Linux and a bit about scripting(BASH, Python, etc.) I would recommend using Arch based distribution or plain Arch because you can customize everything and it forces you to do some stuff manually(e.g. you need to write script in order to audio to switch automatically to HDMI when connection is present). Because some stuff is not out of the box you get highly efficient OS that uses small amount of resources and does only stuff you need and want it to do.
EDIT: Also I had many problems with Ubuntu as a newcomer so I wouldn't recommend it over Mint.
Antergos should work as well as any up-to-date Linux distribution. Personally I prefer Fedora, but Arch tends to stay rather up-to-date. That being said, how well a distribution runs on a machine usually relies on what desktop environment you're using. Lightweight environments like XFCE will usually run faster than heavier environments like GNOME. Even lighter, you can forgo a DE and just use a window manager like i3 or Openbox.