Update November 2019: I have installed Ubuntu 19.10 on the ASUS laptop and with that the Touchpad seems to work fine. I have not observed freezing or mouse pointer jumping issues. The touchpad behaves much better now. I recently purchased new ASUS gaming laptop which came with pre installed Windows 10. Since I cannot stand Windows operating system anymore I immediately decided to install Linux in dual boot mode. Following were the options for installing Linux 1. Ubuntu 18.10 GNOME: This linux distro is the one with which I am most comfortable and familiar with. I have used Ubuntu for last several years on my earlier laptop and before that on my Desktop computer. 2. Linux Mint 19 Cinnamon: I have also used Linux Mint in the past and am familiar with it. It is bit more user friendly for people who are migrating from Windows platform. What I also noticed is that the Mint team has polished the distribution a lot and there are lots of improvements after version 17. A very good dis...

After using a Lenovo G50–70 laptop for 5 years I decided to go for a new one. The Lenovo laptop had become very slow due to i3 processor. Moreover the Toshiba 1TB HDD which came with the laptop had developed a lot of bad sectors over time due to which the laptop was crashing often. There was some sale going on Amazon and Flipkart in India during Diwali and they were giving good discounts. In addition there were some exchange offers available for the old laptops. My main requirements were: i5 or i7 processor At least 8GB of RAM 128 or 256 GB SSD with 1TB HDD Full HD Screen Backlit Keyboard 4–5 hours of Battery Life I was not too keen on having a separate graphics card. I do not play games on laptop and do not do graphics intensive work like photo or video editing. My main use of laptop is general internet browsing, watching videos and movies, blogging and programming. There were a lot of options available on Amazon and Flipkart and I was thoroughly confused. It...