On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 11:37 AM, carlopmart <carlopmart at gmail.com> wrote: > 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. > > There are a few repos out there with kernel 3.4.x for CentOS 6 including the CentOS Xen-c6 repo (http://dev.centos.org/centos/6/xen-c6/x86_64/RPMS/) and my personal repo at SF (http://sourceforge.net/projects/fuduntu-el/). Kernel 3.4 may give you the support you need, and also keep compatibility with VMWare Workstation. Worth evaluating before giving up.