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I'm new to the world of web design, development and programming and I was thinking of trying out a Linux OS. After researching for a few weeks I've come to the conclusion that Ubuntu would be the best one. However, I bought a Toshiba L50-C-12V last month and I need to know if it will work with my hardware fully or if I will at least be able to get ubuntu compatible drivers for my hardware. I know that people have asked similar questions but I am not looking basics, I want to be able to run Ubuntu without any problems. The Link below will take you to the specifications for the exact make and model of my laptop. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Laptop Specs

Kat2380
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I checked your specs, and in my opinion all modern linux distros will support them, ubuntu included. Most hardware setups dont need proprietary drivers in linux unlike windows, so yea as Rinzwind also said i would suggest you to try ubuntu. Just be sure to use 14.04 LTS version rather than the latest one as it is the most compatible one.

H. Freeze
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I have the same laptop, pretty much, though I've doubled the RAM to 16 GBs. It has Linux Mint, Cinnamon, on it. Mint is a fork of Ubuntu and shares the same repositories. It works just fine so it will probably work with Ubuntu as well.

In fact, I did have Ubuntu on it for a short spell. I broke the OS and did not take the time to fix it. That is how I ended up with Mint on it but, importantly, the breakage was due to my own error and the OS was fine otherwise for the short time that it was installed.

I needed no special configuration nor did I need to install the proprietary drivers (IIRC) to get it working. It was a fairly simple install though I did not partition it or set it up to use a /swap partition.

Hope that helps. Good luck.

KGIII
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