Which live Linux distro works best with the G75VW?

[tkolarik]

I have to install Oracle 11g for a class, and even with the G75 and 16GB RAM, running it in Windows XP mode is painfully slow. I would prefer the best 64-bit I can do a "live" install. I will run on a USB stick.

I ran them before on laptops and have a horrible time with the laptop display.

Thanks!

[boofsterb]

I have to install Oracle 11g for a class, and even with the G75 and 16GB RAM, running it in Windows XP mode is painfully slow. I would prefer the best 64-bit I can do a "live" install. I will run on a USB stick.

I ran them before on laptops and have a horrible time with the laptop display.

Thanks!

If you just want to keep it on a pen drive I'd go with Slax.
Ubuntu, I think, would run best with a full install.

[fostert]

I have to install Oracle 11g for a class, and even with the G75 and 16GB RAM, running it in Windows XP mode is painfully slow. I would prefer the best 64-bit I can do a "live" install. I will run on a USB stick.

I ran them before on laptops and have a horrible time with the laptop display.

Thanks!

Ever try Knoppix? Its a great live distro, and Klaus Knoppers (the maker, and columnist for Linux magazine) is truly a guru among gurus. Knoppix seems to run all kinds of hardware (as it is based on the very best disto IMHO: Debian), and is really solid.

[Zygomorphic]

Ever try Knoppix? Its a great live distro, and Klaus Knoppers (the maker, and columnist for Linux magazine) is truly a guru among gurus. Knoppix seems to run all kinds of hardware (as it is based on the very best disto IMHO: Debian), and is really solid.

Sounds like it is worth a try. OpenSUSE has a live distro that seems to work in a VM, but haven't tried it live on the bare metal. I second @fostert's suggestion. Please avoid Ubuntu because of the "phone home" for amazon and the high numbers of bugs.

[BrandeX]

I have to install Oracle 11g for a class, and even with the G75 and 16GB RAM, running it in Windows XP mode is painfully slow. I would prefer the best 64-bit I can do a "live" install. I will run on a USB stick.

I ran them before on laptops and have a horrible time with the laptop display.

Thanks!

Don't bother, just install it in Windows.

Directions for 11g:
http://blog.mclaughlinsoftware.com/2...-on-windows-7/

11g R2:
http://blog.mclaughlinsoftware.com/2...-on-windows-7/

[BNaughty]

Linux Mint installs and finds all drivers no issues...

[Zygomorphic]

Linux Mint installs and finds all drivers no issues...

Thanks! Will look into that distro out of curiosity, as soon as I figure out why Virtualbox quits loading properly on OpenSUSE after certain updates.

[baastrup]

Im running windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.10 64bit in a dual boot setup.

The only thing im having problems with in Ubuntu is brightness buttons.(im sure there is a fix).

you can also look at distrowatch.org they give a good overview of what distros there are.

now that Valve's Steam is running on linux there is even more reason to try it out :-)
I hope this will bring more games to linux so I can totally skip M$.

[Zygomorphic]

Take a look at this thread!
http://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread...-atk-for-linux

[BNaughty]

Thanks! Will look into that distro out of curiosity, as soon as I figure out why Virtualbox quits loading properly on OpenSUSE after certain updates.

It's based on Ubuntu, just it's more user-friendly... Kind of like a sick of Windows try this distro...

Check out Linux Mint 14 with Cinnamon

I loved it, and would natively run it, but the iwlwifi module has issues with my card and the 5Ghz...