thanks alan :) i have noticed how much less space the OS needs, & how quickly everything runs!
h : ) On 22.05.2017 18:59, Alan Sondheim wrote: > > I use linux on my older laptops; it's easy to install; in fact I'm on > a Dell netbook now with only 2 gig of ram and it runs fine. One good > thing about the OS is that you can install a different one in maybe 15 > minutes, so you can tailor the linux distro to your needs. Fwiw, I use > linux mint for the most part, lots of terminal stuff. > > Good luck with this! > > - Alan > > On Mon, 22 May 2017, helen varley jamieson wrote: > >> >> hi everyone, >> >> more than a year ago i wrote to this list asking for advice about >> buying a >> linux laptop. it took me a while, but i'm now happily working with >> ubuntu >> mate on a no-brand machine :) >> >> i spent quite a lot of time looking at second-hand & B-ware (ex-display) >> machines, & also at new models (lenovo, dell, hp, acer, asus, etc etc >> ... ) >> & got quite overwhelmed by the choice & variables. nothing was >> exactly what >> i wanted, & i couldn't decide on what to compromise. i had a couple of >> things that were definite - not bigger than 14", must have ethernet >> port, >> prefereably separate audio in & out; so that narrowed things down >> quite a >> bit, but still i wasn't finding anything that felt right. >> >> then i found a uk company that sells no-brand laptops with linux >> pre-installed (https://www.entroware.com). i could choose the hard >> drive, >> RAM, keyboard layout, etc & it arrived 5 days after i ordered it. i >> took it >> out of the box, turned it on, & started using it. the trickiest thing >> i've >> had to do so far was use the command line to get it to talk nicely to my >> printer - & i managed that without incident. >> >> i'm still adjusting to the non-mac keyboard shortcuts - it's easier >> to take >> a screenshot but more difficult to do an umlaut (?), & there are a >> couple of >> things i still need to work out. & one loss is that there are no linux >> drivers for my wireless webcam, so i'm back to a tethered webcam for >> now. >> but it is soooo much faster than my old mac, & i've found most of the >> software that i need. >> >> so if anyone else out there is also considering making the switch to >> linux, >> i say - just do it! :) >> >> h : ) >> -- >> helen varley jamieson >> he...@creative-catalyst.com >> http://www.creative-catalyst.com >> http://www.upstage.org.nz >> >> We have a situation, Coventry! >> 24 November 2016 >> >> >> > > New CD:- LIMIT: > http://www.publiceyesore.com/catalog.php?pg=3&pit=138 > email archive http://sondheim.rupamsunyata.org/ > web http://www.alansondheim.org / cell 718-813-3285 > current text http://www.alansondheim.org/up.txt > -- helen varley jamieson he...@creative-catalyst.com <mailto:he...@creative-catalyst.com> http://www.creative-catalyst.com http://www.upstage.org.nz *We have a situation, Coventry! <http://www.wehaveasituation.net/?p=1402>* 24 November 2016
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