Distro suggestions for Dell Latitude E6540
by Basslord1124 from LinuxQuestions.org on (#50YRJ)
This is a reference back to my laptop thread:
https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...id-4175670126/
Settled on a Dell Latitude E6540 (2.8Ghz i7, 12GB RAM, 500GB HD...which I will probably swap out for an SSD) which should be here by the end of the month.
In a general sense, I would assume that most distros out there now could handle this hardware without any issues, but of course I won't know until I start testing.
I mainly have been more of a Debian user...both the main distro for quite some time as well as Linux Mint Cinnamon on my other laptop. Linux Mint was sort of my step back into desktop Linux again and I actually like the Cinnamon desktop environment.
With the new laptop, I figure I have a little more horsepower than my current laptop, so looking to either some new distro OR new desktop environment suggestions and if there are any pros/cons. I don't mind switching outside of Debian-based just as long as the distro has a good package management system and that I can still download/use some of my favorite apps (Libreoffice, ardour (music studio), Openshot video editor, FreeCAD). I also would prefer a distro that doesn't require tons of hours of install/setup time (no Gentoo or Arch).
I know this type of topic probably gets beat to death sometimes and it being more of a "personal" choice. But I have some time before the laptop gets here and will be doing some research on different current distros, desktop environments, etc. PLUS I welcome any input that others wish to provide on the topic. And I just like hearing what other people use and why they like it. :)
https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...id-4175670126/
Settled on a Dell Latitude E6540 (2.8Ghz i7, 12GB RAM, 500GB HD...which I will probably swap out for an SSD) which should be here by the end of the month.
In a general sense, I would assume that most distros out there now could handle this hardware without any issues, but of course I won't know until I start testing.
I mainly have been more of a Debian user...both the main distro for quite some time as well as Linux Mint Cinnamon on my other laptop. Linux Mint was sort of my step back into desktop Linux again and I actually like the Cinnamon desktop environment.
With the new laptop, I figure I have a little more horsepower than my current laptop, so looking to either some new distro OR new desktop environment suggestions and if there are any pros/cons. I don't mind switching outside of Debian-based just as long as the distro has a good package management system and that I can still download/use some of my favorite apps (Libreoffice, ardour (music studio), Openshot video editor, FreeCAD). I also would prefer a distro that doesn't require tons of hours of install/setup time (no Gentoo or Arch).
I know this type of topic probably gets beat to death sometimes and it being more of a "personal" choice. But I have some time before the laptop gets here and will be doing some research on different current distros, desktop environments, etc. PLUS I welcome any input that others wish to provide on the topic. And I just like hearing what other people use and why they like it. :)