Although most modern laptops nowadays tend to scare people off with an ugly “Designed for Windows XP” mark, it does not mean that alternative operating systems, like GNU/Linux cannot be installed and function equally well. In this article I would like to describe a few common issues with Linux on laptops and maybe bust a few myths about using GNU/Linux on mobile computers.

Which distro is good for your laptop?

First of all, my goal is not to start a distro war. Linux is Linux - you can adjust it to your goals no matter which is your free distribution of choice (I am not going to cover the commercial systems not available for free download - they have their own marketing and I don’t get paid to advertise their products). The adjustment process can be however time-consuming and not everyone is willing to spend hours to get a stable and working OS on their mobile machines. Fortunately there are a few Linux distros for non-geeks out there, which are prepared to work with mobile computers out of the box.

One of the popular distros which are known for good laptop support is openSUSE.

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