From 10.04 to 14.04, I have been exposed to Ubuntu for 5 years. I only recommend the LTS version with 5-year support. Personally, I have an Acer notebook, i5-3230M processor, GT630M independent graphics, and Qualcomm AR9485 wireless network card. Among them, only Nvidia GT630M is the only one. The obvious private closed-source driver requires additional manual installation, while the others are official drivers integrated into the kernel. Among them, the wireless network card can also use hostapd to create a hotspot for mobile phones and other devices to access the Internet, and you can also use WireShark to capture packets and fish.

/lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915.ko /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.ko sudo apt-get install nvidia-331 nvidia-settings nvidia-prime /lib/modules/`uname -r`/updates/dkms/nvidia.ko 在nvidia-settings中可以通过nvidia-prime来切换独显和集成显卡.

Comparison of CPU temperature and GPU temperature between Windows 7 and Ubuntu 14.04 on the same computer
http://my.oschina.net/eechen/blog/228450
No need to compile, install the latest version of the Linux kernel officially built by Ubuntu in 1 minute
http ://my.oschina.net/eechen/blog/202438
Ubuntu 14.04 Quickly create a wireless access point for mobile devices to connect to the Internet
http://my.oschina.net/eechen/blog/227230

If you don’t want to bother, just use the officially cooperated Ubuntu Kylin 14.04, Chinese language pack, Sogou input method, WPS, everything is complete, no need to bother, it can be used out of the box, the server can use Ubuntu Server 14.04 in the future to achieve unified development and production Environment,DevOps.

The notebook I gave to my parents is installed with this, it is 1B stable.
By the way, my friends call me an "unscrupulous programmer" - I actually use Linux for my parents.

ubuntu supports most computers very well, but there are many software that are not easy to use, such as qq. You can also install ubuntu without desktop, I think it will be better

As mentioned above, there is basically no problem installing Ubuntu on most computers. The main problem is the issue of dual graphics cards

I used to have a laptop from 2009. I installed Ubuntu and found it to run very well. However, one problem is that the CPU temperature is higher when running Ubuntu than when running Windows. I don’t know what the current version of Ubuntu is like.
The poster can play with this. After all, Linux is a good thing. As for compatibility, I am sure that you will have no problem using it normally after installing it.
It is not recommended to use English, unless your English is very good, otherwise you will need a Chinese language package

I am currently using Ubuntu14.04, and the problem mentioned by the person above does occur, that is, it feels like the fan is spinning faster, but there is almost no sound when using the WINDOWS fan.
Honestly, it’s really fun to use Ubuntu for development. .

I advise you to go directly to Mac. Last year I bought a new laptop and started using Ubuntu, but I kept having all kinds of problems

• For example, one day suddenly the company system cannot start up

• Suddenly the network card driver is lost and I can’t access the Internet. You know how to install the driver on Linux. . . . .