linux distro

[Andrew Farris]

On Tue, 2009-12-01 at 10:48 -0800, mike havens wrote:
> Okay guys..... I'm ready to plunge into Linux again. Ever since
> Windows7 came out and certain companiesupdated... upgraded....
> up-whatever  they did, my laptop (Toshiba Satellite with an Atheros
> AR5005GS wireless card) keeps on needing its registry to be cleaned.
> Which distro works best out of the box with automatic detection and
> that kind of stuff?

I'd recommend Ubuntu 9.10, or Linux Mint 8 (based on Ubuntu).

I've got Ubuntu on all my computers currently, and it works great. I
haven't used Mint much, but I'm considering switching to it on my laptop
at least.

Have fun!

-- 
Andrew
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