oh.. operating systems.. just had over a month of being on road and having to keep technologically cheap yet light.. hence still suffering android..
am i missing something or there is a complete and utter absence of quality free operating system for mobile devices? rant apart 😃 if people need a light, Graphical and upto date os for an old netbook laptop etc maybe check puppylinux,? you can get, in a sense, latest ubuntu or slackware running on an old or new netbook without habing to deal with the commandline bits.. ciao from brasilia. aharon xxx -- Sent from myMail for AndroidMonday, 22 May 2017, 10:22pm -03:00 from Alan Sondheim sondh...@panix.com (mailto:sondh...@panix.com): It installed quickly for me. I think there's a way to get a graphic os on it but I haven't tried. Used to use Cygwin and still have it! - Alan On Tue, 23 May 2017, James Morris wrote: > It's only really the command line tools (which is still a lot!). > > I got quite excited about it at work where I'm using a few BASH scripts with > Cygwin on a regular basis. Unfortunately the Windows 10 Anniversary update > which contains the Linux tools consistently fails to install - and takes 3/4 > hour to not install :-( > > > > > > On 22/05/17 23:40, Alan Sondheim wrote: >> >> 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 (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 (mailto:he...@creative-catalyst.com) >>> http://www.creative-catalyst.com (http://www.creative-catalyst.com) >>> http://www.upstage.org.nz (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 >>> (http://www.publiceyesore.com/catalog.php?pg=3&pit=138) >>> email archive http://sondheim.rupamsunyata.org/ >>> (http://sondheim.rupamsunyata.org/) >>> web http://www.alansondheim.org (http://www.alansondheim.org) / cell >>> 718-813-3285 >>> current text http://www.alansondheim.org/up.txt >>> (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.creative-catalyst.com) >>> http://www.upstage.org.nz (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 >> (http://www.publiceyesore.com/catalog.php?pg=3&pit=138) >> email archive http://sondheim.rupamsunyata.org/ >> (http://sondheim.rupamsunyata.org/) >> web http://www.alansondheim.org (http://www.alansondheim.org) / cell >> 718-813-3285 >> current text http://www.alansondheim.org/up.txt >> (http://www.alansondheim.org/up.txt) >> _______________________________________________ >> NetBehaviour mailing list >> NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org (mailto:NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org) >> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >> (http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour) >> > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org (mailto:NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org) > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > (http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour) > > New CD:- LIMIT: http://www.publiceyesore.com/catalog.php?pg=3&pit=138 (http://www.publiceyesore.com/catalog.php?pg=3&pit=138) email archive http://sondheim.rupamsunyata.org/ (http://sondheim.rupamsunyata.org/) web http://www.alansondheim.org (http://www.alansondheim.org) / cell 718-813-3285 current text http://www.alansondheim.org/up.txt (http://www.alansondheim.org/up.txt) _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org (mailto:NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org) http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour (http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour)
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