On 17/08/13 12:03, Eliezer Croitoru wrote: > Hey there, > > CentOS is using what kernel? 2.x?? > which was not designed to work with newer hardware but Fedora works fine > with it. > If you need specific functions like EMAIL WEB etc take a look at the > latest stable Fedora and go back one version and test it. > I am using Fedora(18) on a very old MSI (5 years or more) and it works > nice but not as fast as newer basic desktop corei3. > I assume that Fedora will work on basic laptop chipsets. > they do have compatibly list: > http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/HardwareList > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/HCL/Machines/Laptops > > if you can know what is the chipset on each card like atheros broadcom > intel nvidia ati etc you can make sure that the OS will work with it. > my desktop has a ATI card so it's suppose to be compatible with Fedora. > > Did you considered other OS for the machine? > Fedora is not an option for me, due to: - It is a bleeding-edge distro (stability is most important) - VMware Workstation doesn't works out of the box - EOL for every release is too short If I can't install CentOS, the other only OS option is Debian.