Which Linux to choose from?

[Alexxxer1]

Hi everyone. Pretty obvious question but! Let me explain. Which Linux is will be best to install if I want my own offline system?? Of course, I will be connecting to the internet, using VM for my Windows purposes and possible Linux unsupported app usages, but the whole point is have my own device where I am in control and worth my time investment and knowledge. Windows is done I would say. Tired of it.

My Laptop specifications: Lenovo Legion i5 Pro RTX 5070, 32gb RAM, 1 TB SSD System + 2 TB SSD Storage.

Also, same thing with Apple. I am backing up some memories, photos etc, but preparing myself mostly for Android use and AI developing.
Meanwhile, I heard some news that Android as well won't be a free platform in the future, so. Seems like Linux is next and what's more important, long term thing for life.

 

[Brickwizard]

welcome
any Linux can be chopped around to suit yourself, for information see links below,
the RTX may work with the generic drivers but if not can be downloaded from

Driver Results | <dd~ProductName> | <dd~OSName>

Lookup results for <dd~ProductName> product and Operating System <dd~OSName>

www.nvidia.com

 

[Alexxxer1]

welcome
any Linux can be chopped around to suit yourself, for information see links below,
the RTX may work with the generic drivers but if not can be downloaded from

Driver Results | <dd~ProductName> | <dd~OSName>

Lookup results for <dd~ProductName> product and Operating System <dd~OSName>

www.nvidia.com

Well, thank you for the quickest reply!! Just will add here that the main point is to have autonomous, power efficient device, because anyways, nowadays most of software makes laptop to be like a Boeing. But I understand that for life you could do already a lot without high processing power, despite, I have a good powerful machine If I am right, but I'd suggest to leave it for, in my case, 3D scans processing etc. And for some really specific cases only. 80% of my life nowadays is being ready to move and work job for living.

 

[Brickwizard]

just to add if you want to develop Android apps using Linux read the following

How To Develop Android Apps In Linux For Beginners Tutorial – The Droid Guy

thedroidguy.com

 

[Brickwizard]

Lenovo Legion i5 Pro RTX 5070, 32gb RAM,

yes it is a powerful machine, but it does have one problem the Mediatek MT7925 wi-fi is not friendly to Linux

 

[Alexxxer1]

yes it is a powerful machine, but it does have one problem the Mediatek MT7925 wi-fi is not friendly to Linux

so, I was right... it's better to sell that piece of crap. Edit: btw, when I was installing Ubuntu everything was working right away, while, which is funny, but I've installed Windows 11 and there were issues with an internet and with a speed.

 

[Brickwizard]

.. it's better to sell that piece of crap.

Not what I would do, if the MediaTek doesn't play ball then spend a few dollars in a mini USB dongle, generally Lenovo are one of the best machines for Linux [along with dell business machines]

 

[Alexxxer1]

Not what I would do, if the MediaTek doesn't play ball then spend a few dollars in a mini USB dongle, generally Lenovo are one of the best machines for Linux [along with dell business machines]

Despite, that's actually what I was expecting to hear out from you, I was thinking the same way, just in case. Also yes, just generally I want to say that you're right. It was sold with win 11 but I noticed that this is very versatile machine, compared to my previous Dell Inspiron 15 gaming core i7 7700 hq gtx 1050 ti.

 

[GatorsFan]

The latest firmware files for MT7925 are available in the linux-firmware package - it is available with kernel 6.7 and later, as the driver was merged into the mainline Linux kernel at that version - prior to that the MT7925 was problematic to say the least

 

[dos2unix]

0f:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8125 2.5GbE Controller (rev 05)
10:00.0 Network controller: MEDIATEK Corp. MT7922 802.11ax PCI Express Wireless Network Adapter
12:00.0 Audio device: Creative Labs CA0132 Sound Core3D [Sound Blaster Recon3D / Z-Series / Sound BlasterX AE-5 Plus] (rev 01)

Never had a bit of trouble with mine. Runs under Linux just fine.

lspci -k | grep -A3 "Network controller"
10:00.0 Network controller: MEDIATEK Corp. MT7922 802.11ax PCI Express Wireless Network Adapter
Subsystem: MEDIATEK Corp. MT7922 802.11ax PCI Express Wireless Network Adapter
Kernel driver in use: mt7921e
Kernel modules: mt7921e

Been using it for over 3 years now.

It was just in the kernel, so special downloads, no compiling, no anything, it just works.

lsmod | grep mt7921
mt7921e 28672 0
mt7921_common 98304 1 mt7921e
mt792x_lib 77824 2 mt7921e,mt7921_common
mt76_connac_lib 110592 3 mt792x_lib,mt7921e,mt7921_common
mt76 176128 4 mt792x_lib,mt7921e,mt7921_common,mt76_connac_lib
mac80211 1974272 4 mt792x_lib,mt76,mt7921_common,mt76_connac_lib
cfg80211 1568768 4 mt76,mac80211,mt7921_common,mt76_connac_lib
rfkill 45056 9 mt7921e,bluetooth,cfg80211

rpm -qf $(modinfo -n mt7921e)
kernel-modules-6.19.7-200.fc43.x86_64

Didn't even have to install a package, it was in the kernel.

I will say this, the 4.x and 5.x kernels do NOT support it.

 

[KGIII]

As above:

Device-2: Realtek RTL8192CU 802.11n WLAN Adapter driver: rtl8192cu

 

[Iamgeese]

Temple OS

 

[ron.alan]

For Linux beginners I always recommend Linux Mint. I use Devuan and also recommend that as well (of course). I use it because I prefer to have a distro that respects init freedom.

 

[MzQ1NjExN2]

Temple OS

The G.O.A.T.

Which Linux is will be best to install if I want my own offline system??

There are distros such as Ubuntu, Mint, etc. Then there are desktop environments such as Gnome, KDE, XFCE, Cinnamon, etc. The desktop environment is the more important of the two. If you want something that works out of the box and not meant to be customized as much go with Gnome. If you want something that can be heavily customized go with KDE. If you want something light yet has full functionality go with XFCE. Cinnamon has good all around balance and is beginner friendly. Depending on which desktop environment you like then you can pick the distro. MX probably has the best XFCE but if you want plain XFCE as the developers intended then go with Fedora or Debian. Mint's team are the creators of Cinnamon so go with Mint if you like Cinnamon.

Only way to see which one suits you is to try them all for a extended period of time. It will take some time to do that but for starters most people usually go with distros such as Linux Mint or Ubuntu. I prefer XFCE so I use MX Linux XFCE. If you something that is good at back ups go with MX XFCE or MX KDE and use the MX snapshot program along with Timeshift.

I have a good powerful machine If I am right, but I'd suggest to leave it for, in my case, 3D scans processing etc. And for some really specific cases only. 80% of my life nowadays is being ready to move and work job for living.

Try out Linux Mint 22.3 'Zena'. Should run fine on your machine and I think you will like it.

Download Linux Mint 22.3 - Linux Mint

Linux Mint is an elegant, easy to use, up to date and comfortable desktop operating system.

linuxmint.com