First time using Linux as an installed OS on hardware instead

try xubuntu if your pc is shitty

>>62208327
My first time using Linux was a knoppix live CD that I used in class for a system recovery lab. This was back in 2006. It didn't really click then, but I tried out a couple distros last year, and made the full time switch to Linux around March.

>>62208462
I'll probably be doing something similar. I just need to build up experience in Linux because Windows is obviously going to shit and I should ween myself off Windows 7, so I better get used to Linux sooner or later. Learn how to make it mine and mold it how I want. Does anyone know if Lenovo's utilities and shit are available on Linux and if they work as well as they do on Windows 7?

>>62208618
>Lenovo's utilities
What is this, and what does it do?

>>62208350
Try xubuntu even if your pc isn't shitty

>>62208696
Like all the power management and hardware tuning utilities. Sometimes they're pretty useful. Especially on Windows if you've ever used them.

>>62208327
I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you’re referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I’ve recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.
Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called “Linux”, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project. There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use.
Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine’s resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called “Linux” distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.

>>62209202
I'm terribly sorry for interjecting another moment, but what I just told you is GNU/Linux is, in fact, just Linux, or as I've just now taken to calling it, Just Linux. Linux apparently does happen to be a whole operating system unto itself and comprises a full OS as defined by POSIX.

Most computer users who run the entire Linux operating system every day already realize it. Through a peculiar turn of events, I was misled into calling the system "GNU/Linux", and until now, I was unaware that it is basically the Linux system, developed by the Linux project.

There really isn't a GNU/Linux, and I really wasn't using it; it is an extraneous misrepresentation of the system that's being used. Linux is the operating system: the entire system made useful by its included corelibs, shell utilities, and other vital system components. The kernel is already an integral part of the Linux operating system, never confined useless by itself; it functions coherently within the context of the complete Linux operating system. Linux is never used in combination with GNU accessories: the whole system is basically Linux without any GNU added, or Just Linux. All the so-called "GNU/Linux" distributions are really distributions of Linux.

>>62208721
Its dependent upon your laptop model, there is no universal set of utilities.

>>62208350
this or lubuntu

Try something light like lububtu/xubuntu if you want to stick to Ubuntu alts. Also make sure you avoid resource whoring DEs such as gnome and unity.

>>62208721
You probably won't be able to find the same thing, but there are applications with similar functionality.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Power_management
Their wiki is good for recommendations even if you is a different distribution.

why xubuntu and not ubuntu?? aren't they same except xubuntu being lighter and something?

a computer course in 2005. ubuntu 5.04 and a version of red hat. the main thing i got out of it was that i could search for open source instead of getting cracked programs of everything. and even back then i hated gnome and thought kde was more fun.