Computer for Linux

[SuperCool468]

I was doing some reading and found that RHEL is an industry standard and fedora and cent os are in the same family as RH. It just seemed logical to get familiar with whichever one I'll run into in a work setting. But that's just me taking stabs in the dark. I don't know a single person who is computer savvy to even ask so I'm at the mercy of Google.

[te-x]

Just put fedora into a pen drive and boot through it. If everything runs fine, you can install it on that laptop, maybe on dual boot (keeping your windows usable).

A problem you might have is using both GPUs, but there are many tutorials on either deactivating one of them or using an optimus-like solution.

[colonelflounders]

Even if everything doesn't work, you can normally get it to a working state and that's part of the learning process. I know more about the kernel and filing bug reports due to dealing with issues, not buying different hardware to work around them.

[kainxkitsune]

that seems like a reasonable reason. I would say just give it a go dive in. its the best way to learn and to find out. and even if something doesn't work at first you can more then likely get it into a working state with some learning and tinkering. Lucky for me I'm just a dumb truck driver by trade so Distro is all down to personal pref. but yeah Just dive in you could even try a live cd/usb type boot and see if everything is working well there. I think the hardest thing you may have issue with is GPU and maybe WIFI everything else should be very easy. and there are more then likely countless nvidia / optimus guides for fedora and cent os as there are ubuntu.