Fwiw, one thing worth noting - for those who are using limited memory
(like my netbook), Midori's an excellent browser -
Also wanted to mention that you can open up Ubuntu in Win10 - I have it
working there as well. It comes with the OS,
- Alan
On Mon, 22 May 2017, helen varley jamieson wrote:
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 : )
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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
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