Linux Mint VS Fedora Linux VS Windows XP (Which one do I get?)

[The Catboy]

OK, I get it. But, I would need to be here at school... because I don't have internet at my house. Good thing it is a laptop.

EDIT: Creating bootable USB now.

I am not sure what that has to do with this, but ok! Hopefully everything works for you, if not, well at least you tried. The fun part about Linux is that it's free and you can always try something else. Personally I use Distrowatch as my source to seeing what distros are out there and finding a good one to test out. So if one fails, then I just go back to the list and see what looks interesting

 

[MrMcTiller]

I am not sure what that has to do with this, but ok! Hopefully everything works for you, if not, well at least you tried. The fun part about Linux is that it's free and you can always try something else. Personally I use Distrowatch as my source to seeing what distros are out there and finding a good one to test out. So if one fails, then I just go back to the list and see what looks interesting

Wouldn't I need internet to get the drivers? Or do they all come included with Solus? Also, can I use .deb packages with Solus?

 

[The Catboy]

Wouldn't I need internet to get the drivers? Or do they all come included with Solus? Also, can I use .deb packages with Solus?

Ohh, sorry I have been up all night and my mind is a bit fuzzy, you do need the internet for the drivers. Solus technically doesn't use .deb files as it's not a Debian-based distro. There is a method decompile deb files and recompile them for Solus, but I won't recommend it because it will most likely not work properly.

 

[MrMcTiller]

Ohh, sorry I have been up all night and my mind is a bit fuzzy, you do need the internet for the drivers. Solus technically doesn't use .deb files as it's not a Debian-based distro. There is a method decompile deb files and recompile them for Solus, but I won't recommend it because it will most likely not work properly.

Oh... I guess that is OK. All I need is python 3.5.2+ so that should be good.

 

[The Catboy]

Oh... I guess that is OK. All I need is python 3.5.2+ so that should be good.

Solus should have the latest python, so you should be good.

 

[MrMcTiller]

Oh wow! I live booted into Solus and I have no Graphical errors. I think I will use Solus after all. Now it is time to install and test Steam games. I like to play Gmod, but I only have 4GB of RAM. I will try to make it work. Thank you Lilith!!

 

[tpax]

One can't go wrong with Linux XP.

 

[matpower]

https://howtogeek.com/242045/how-to...-amd-or-intel-graphics-drivers-on-ubuntu/amp/

Don't follow this please, it is as old as time.

 

[MrMcTiller]

Don't follow this please, it is as old as time.

I am not having graphical issues with Solus. So, I don't think I need to follow that.

 

[matpower]

I am not having graphical issues with Solus. So, I don't think I need to follow that.

Solus will have the latest drivers OOTB anyway since it is a rolling release.
But for future reference:
Intel and AMD:
Use the built-in open source drivers powered by Mesa. If you are using a LTS distro and want newer drivers, search for a 3rd party repo that updates it. (Padoka's PPA for Ubuntu-based, Debian backports for Debian, no idea if CentOS has one).
Stay away from the old fglrx on AMD, AMDGPU-PRO isn't worth it unless you need OpenCL, and that requires a LTS distro like Ubuntu or RedHat.
NVIDIA:
Use the proprietary driver (nvidia) instead of the open-source one (nouveau), it should be in your distro's repos (You'll need to enable non-free repos on Debian or RPMFusion/negativo on Fedora). NVIDIA has an official PPA for Ubuntu if you need something newer.

Never ever install a driver outside your package manager unless you know what you're doing. It'll make upgrading a hassle and it WILL break when you upgrade the kernel.

 

[MrMcTiller]

Solus will have the latest drivers OOTB anyway since it is a rolling release.
But for future reference:
Intel and AMD:
Use the built-in open source drivers powered by Mesa. If you are using a LTS distro and want newer drivers, search for a 3rd party repo that updates it. (Padoka's PPA for Ubuntu-based, Debian backports for Debian, no idea if CentOS has one).
Stay away from the old fglrx on AMD, AMDGPU-PRO isn't worth it unless you need OpenCL, and that requires a LTS distro like Ubuntu or RedHat.
NVIDIA:
Use the proprietary driver (nvidia) instead of the open-source one (nouveau), it should be in your distro's repos (You'll need to enable non-free repos on Debian or RPMFusion/negativo on Fedora). NVIDIA has an official PPA for Ubuntu if you need something newer.

Never ever install a driver outside your package manager unless you know what you're doing. It'll make upgrading a hassle and it WILL break when you upgrade the kernel.

OK, thanks for the info. Anyway, how bad is my graphics card?

Video Controller = ATI Radeon Xpress 1250
Video BIOS Version = 010.019.001.089.007.097
Video Memory = 256 MB
Panel Type = 12.1" Wide XGA
Native Resolution = 1280 by 800

 

[matpower]

OK, thanks for the info. Anyway, how bad is my graphics card?

Video Controller = ATI Radeon Xpress 1250
Video BIOS Version = 010.019.001.089.007.097
Video Memory = 256 MB
Panel Type = 12.1" Wide XGA
Native Resolution = 1280 by 800

Wew, that's oooooold, apparently a watered down version of the ATI Radeon X300, supports DirectX9 and OpenGL 1.6 from a quick Google research.
Could you run

lspci -k | grep -EA3 'VGA|3D|Display'; glxinfo | grep -i OpenGL

and show me the output? I am curious about what driver it is loading.
Here's mine, if you are curious:

 

[MrMcTiller]

Wew, that's oooooold, apparently a watered down version of the ATI Radeon X300, supports DirectX9 and OpenGL 1.6 from a quick Google research.
Could you run

lspci -k | grep -EA3 'VGA|3D|Display'; glxinfo | grep -i OpenGL

and show me the output? I am curious about what driver it is loading.
Here's mine, if you are curious:

I will do it when I can.

 

[Joom]

Don't follow this please, it is as old as time.

>2016
Well ok.

Regardless, OP got it. Also, he's probably using the legacy open source ATI driver.

 

[MrMcTiller]

Wew, that's oooooold, apparently a watered down version of the ATI Radeon X300, supports DirectX9 and OpenGL 1.6 from a quick Google research.
Could you run

lspci -k | grep -EA3 'VGA|3D|Display'; glxinfo | grep -i OpenGL

and show me the output? I am curious about what driver it is loading.
Here's mine, if you are curious:

Here you go:

 

[Joom]

Yep, it's using the open source driver.

 

[MrMcTiller]

Yep, it's using the open source driver.

Is that good? Or should I use something else?

 

[Joom]

It'll suffice for you.

 

[MrMcTiller]

It'll suffice for you.

OK, now that I am using Solus, it doesn't have the graphical errors. So, do you think Gmod will run?

 

[Joom]

OK, now that I am using Solus, it doesn't have the graphical errors. So, do you think Gmod will run?

Not without the proprietary driver. I mean, it might but I doubt it.