ElementaryOS beginner

[AvMaverick]

Um... I have an old MacBook Pro (5,1) (A1286), Intel C2Duo (2.66 GHz), 4 GB RAM, 320 GB HDD, GeForce 9400M, 9600GT. Since MacOS got super slow, I installed Ubuntu and have been using it (owing to familiarity from my previous school's smartboard). 

 

I have been browsing for Linux distros, and really liked Elementary OS. But I have minimal experience in Linux distro installations... So, does it do driver installation automatically (like ubuntu?). Also, I read it's also debian based like Ubuntu, so all the Ubuntu terminal commands will work, right? (Y'know, like sudo apt install tuxpaint etc.)

 

Please help!

 

Tagging @GabenJr as I admire his work in Linux videos!

[Radium_Angel]

4 minutes ago, AvMaverick said:

Um... I have an old MacBook Pro (5,1) (A1286), Intel C2Duo (2.66 GHz), 4 GB RAM, 320 GB HDD, GeForce 9400M, 9600GT. Since MacOS got super slow, I installed Ubuntu and have been using it (owing to familiarity from my previous school's smartboard). 

 

I have been browsing for Linux distros, and really liked Elementary OS. But I have minimal experience in Linux distro installations... So, does it do driver installation automatically (like ubuntu?). Also, I read it's also debian based like Ubuntu, so all the Ubuntu terminal commands will work, right? (Y'know, like sudo apt install tuxpaint etc.)

 

Please help!

 

Tagging @GabenJr as I admire his work in Linux videos!

Correct on both accounts

Assuming the drivers exist, which should, given the age of that laptop

[Master Disaster]

For all intents and purposes, Elementary OS is just Ubuntu running a different skin. (Just to be clear, I realise that's not exactly true but its good enough for this example).

 

Everything you learned in Ubuntu should be directly translatable to EOS.

[AvMaverick]

25 minutes ago, Radium_Angel said:

Correct on both accounts

Assuming the drivers exist, which should, given the age of that laptop

Thanks a lot @Radium_Angel. Drivers exist, Ubuntu has 'em. XOrg has 'em.

 

21 minutes ago, Master Disaster said:

For all intents and purposes, Elementary OS is just Ubuntu running a different skin. (Just to be clear, I realise that's not exactly true but its good enough for this example).

 

Everything you learned in Ubuntu should be directly translatable to EOS.

Thanks @Master Disaster! 

 

Will shift to ElementaryOS thanks to you!