Finally ready to move from Windoze to Unix, suggestions of flavor of Unix to use

[Michael]

Jeffery, I have used Linux Mint and Manjaro with good success. Am 
currently using Mint because I got tired of the large, frequent updates 
associated with Manjaro, a derivative of Arch Linux.  I agree you should 
try a few live-CDs to see if the distro recognizes your hardware.  
GNUCash availability of current versions is a little spotty because of 
some of the old packages that the 2.6 series requires.  Manjaro/Arch 
Linux/Archlabs provide latest GNUCash versions through what they call 
AUR.  Recent GNUCash versions for Mint are through get-deb.  Generally, 
I think GNUCash runs better on the Linux platforms I've tried vs 
Windows. Mike


On 03/14/2018 11:17 PM, jeffrey black wrote:
> I realize this is the wrong forum to ask but; I am finally looking to
> ditch Windoze 10 completely.
>
> I am at my wits end trying to get ubuntu to work with my system. I have
> tried every post I can find on activating the ethernet and wifi, none of
> which work.
>
> I have an iBUYPOWER intel core I5 computer with the Realtek
> RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit ethernet controller, and usb:o
> realtek generic usb device 802.11ac wlan adapter (usb 2), all built into
> the motherboard.  The motherboard model is H170-pro.  Meaning I have no
> internet, wifi, or networking capability under ubuntu.
>
> I can run ubuntu 14 in a vm window but; it is even slower than Windoze
> 10 pro 64-bit.  And Windoze 10 is painfully slow now. GnuCash takes
> forever to load with all the additional junk micro$oft has added.  Under
> the VM, go to town and eat dinner before GnuCash loads.
>
> Does anyone have a suggestion on what flavor of Unix I should use on
> this computer?     Wifi, networking and GnuCash are mandatory
> requirements for me to switch.
>
> --JEffrey Black M.B.A.
>
>
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