HP Pavilion DV6 Laptop - does it hate Linux?

2013-05-31 Thread Ali Linx (amjjawad)
Hi everyone, I have HP Pavilion DV6 Laptop - Intel Core i5 (1st generation) with 4GB RAM and 500GB HDD and ATI Radeon Graphics + Intel Built-in Graphics (on Windows 7, I can choose between those two). I bought it few years ago with Windows 7 and can't remember when, I installed Linux on it.

Fwd: HP Pavilion DV6 Laptop - does it hate Linux?

2013-05-31 Thread Andre Rodovalho
-- Forwarded message -- From: Andre Rodovalho andre.rodova...@gmail.com Date: 2013/5/31 Subject: Re: HP Pavilion DV6 Laptop - does it hate Linux? To: Ali Linx (amjjawad) amjja...@gmail.com You are not. I have a friend who described the same problem you did, but he has an vaio

Re: HP Pavilion DV6 Laptop - does it hate Linux?

2013-05-31 Thread Nio Wiklund
Hi amjjawad, Can you see any difference between different versions: 12.04, 12.10, 13.04? I have a newer i5 cpu, and I see very little difference between Lubuntu and Ubuntu speed, like you do. However, I do no not notice any bad performance or overheating. Maybe the cooperation between the

Chromium vs Firefox : Need testimonies

2013-05-31 Thread Julien Lavergne
Hi, In order to have more feedbacks before deciding to switch to Firefox, or to keep Chromium by default, I would like to ask you some testimonies and any feedbacks about the use of the 2 browsers. We need to evaluate the use of the 2 browsers *on old and not-so-fast hardware*. It's important

Re: Chromium vs Firefox : Need testimonies

2013-05-31 Thread Mr Wislr
chrome is a memory pig as soon as you start using more than one tab. Firefox uses a lot less, particularly after the last few updates. --- Computer Repair Shop York PA Web: http://www.unleashpc.com Phone: 1-830-Unleash Like Dropbox? UbuntuOne is better. Use link below to get 5.5GB of space.

Re: Chromium vs Firefox : Need testimonies

2013-05-31 Thread Aere Greenway
On 05/31/2013 11:53 AM, Julien Lavergne wrote: Hi, In order to have more feedbacks before deciding to switch to Firefox, or to keep Chromium by default, I would like to ask you some testimonies and any feedbacks about the use of the 2 browsers. We need to evaluate the use of the 2 browsers *on

Re: Chromium vs Firefox : Need testimonies

2013-05-31 Thread Jose Lopez
I have to agree with Mr Wislr. for me Firefox is rock solid. Never crashes on me no matter if high end build or very low end. The first thing I usually do is remove chromium. On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 1:59 PM, Mr Wislr cont...@unleashpc.com wrote: chrome is a memory pig as soon as you start

Re: Chromium vs Firefox : Need testimonies

2013-05-31 Thread Nio Wiklund
On 2013-05-31 19:53, Julien Lavergne wrote: So, if you have feedback on using both browsers, please bring it to us :-) But please, keep the discussion on this topic (feedback on low spec hardware). I prefer Firefox in general (maybe because I am more used to it) but I use both. Sometimes it is

Re: Chromium vs Firefox : Need testimonies

2013-05-31 Thread Yorvyk
On 31/05/13 20:25, Nio Wiklund wrote: On 2013-05-31 19:53, Julien Lavergne wrote: So, if you have feedback on using both browsers, please bring it to us :-) But please, keep the discussion on this topic (feedback on low spec hardware). I prefer Firefox in general (maybe because I am more used

Re: Chromium vs Firefox : Need testimonies

2013-05-31 Thread Yorvyk
On 31/05/13 21:56, Yorvyk wrote: On 31/05/13 20:25, Nio Wiklund wrote: On 2013-05-31 19:53, Julien Lavergne wrote: So, if you have feedback on using both browsers, please bring it to us :-) But please, keep the discussion on this topic (feedback on low spec hardware). I prefer Firefox in

Re: Chromium vs Firefox : Need testimonies

2013-05-31 Thread IberĂȘ Fernandes
Julien, One of my laptops is a Celeron M 1200 Mhz, 512 Ram from 2002. Kind of old machine (but still good, of course) to use Lubuntu. Memory report after 1h hour of navigation on 2 to 3 tabs (no facebook though, because it's a browser killer to me): Memory Browser Private Proportional Chromium

Re: Lubuntu Manual - Getting Started With Lubuntu

2013-05-31 Thread Tong Sun
On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 4:57 PM, Jonathan Marsden jmars...@fastmail.fmwrote: As far as I can see, Mallard is primarily intended for online browseable documentation, with output to other offline formats being secondary. LaTeX appears to be the other way around in terms of its priorities.

Re: How to test with low RAM and just one CPU core (was: Re: Chromium vs Firefox : Need testimonies )

2013-05-31 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Jonathan, you can also utilise the abilities built into the linux kernel. I know at times I seem like a fan boi of virt-manager, but it is a GUI that uses the kvm abilities that are in built to the linux kernel. I'm sure the purists will prefer using virsh exactly, but I do ask why we need to

Re: Re: Chromium vs Firefox : Need testimonies

2013-05-31 Thread James King
These were my criteria for web browsing. They might be subjective, but I figured if I could do all 6 things without the browser crashing, it would be okay for typical home use. 1. Visit Gmail, check mail, reply to an email, search for an email. 2. Visit Facebook. Like a post. Share a post. Reply