Re: [ubuntu-uk] New netbook?
On 16 October 2014 10:53, jim.came...@buhlergroup.com wrote: I can't speak to your exact model of laptop, but my Lenovo W520 has such a light and it works as expected under 14.04. I didn't have to apply any tricks, I just hit fn+PgUp and it turns on. So I should expect yours ought to be supported out of the box. Cheers, jim Ditto with my X200 and the X31 before it. -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Cell/Mobiles: +44 7939-087884 (UK) • +420 702 829 053 (ČR) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] New netbook?
On 15/10/14 11:06, Barry Drake wrote: Hi there . Just to say I'm really delighted with my Lenovo X201 which arrived yesterday. Now I have to decide what to do with my Samsung N150. It has a Windows 7 home licence. If I put it on e-bay, I'm not going to get much interest unless I put Windows back on it. I just can't be bothered. If anyone here wants to make an offer that would be good. Even better, I'll give it away to a deserving impoverished student or kid for just the cost of sending. It's fine with a lightweight Linux - it currently has Lubuntu 14.04 installed. Any interest? Kind regards,Barry. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] New netbook?
Hi there . Just to say I'm really delighted with my Lenovo X201 which arrived yesterday. It's now running 14.10 really well and I'm impressed with every aspect. It's supposed to have a light which turns on using fn+PgUp but that doesn't seem to work. Is there a trick, or is the light broken? I don't think I'm likely to use it, but I wonder. Thanks again for your advice. Kind regards,Barry. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] New netbook?
On 13 October 2014 18:43, J Fernyhough j.fernyho...@gmail.com wrote: On 13 October 2014 13:11, Gordon Burgess-Parker gordo...@mail.com wrote: How do you find the battery life on your Lenovo x? I have a Lenovo U410 and the battery life, even with TPL installed never goes much over 3 hours...which is a pita I can get 3 hours repeatably, but this is not light-use. There's normally a bit of software compilation, 3G device tethering, and probably phone charging, with base consumption about 16W according to powertop. I've found with mine that fancontrol can make a huge difference. The main fan sucks up about 8W on its lowest setting according to powertop (and the secondary some more), so setting fancontrol to activate a little higher than normal (60C or so rather than 45C) saves huge amounts of power; during normal use mine won't go much higher than 55C anyway. I have a three year old Thinkpad Edge 11 and with Xubuntu and an SSD it will manage 3-4 hours, dropping to 2.5 on a 3G data dongle. Lenovo machines of that generation are quite well known for poor battery life and there are third party long life battery packs to address the problem. It's worth doing a little investigation into improving it. s/ -- Twitter: @sfgreenwood TBA are particularly glib -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] New netbook?
How do you find the battery life on your Lenovo x? I have a Lenovo U410 and the battery life, even with TPL installed never goes much over 3 hours...which is a pita Sent:Saturday, October 04, 2014 at 4:13 PM From:J Fernyhough j.fernyho...@gmail.com To:UK Ubuntu Talk ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject:Re: [ubuntu-uk] New netbook? On 4 October 2014 16:00, Barry Drake ubuntu-advertis...@gmx.com wrote: Thanks for that. Im looking at an X220 on e-bay. The spec is terrific. Its a bit bigger than I really wanted, but it is a possibility. What is the overall height and width of your X61 please? It was easier for me to search for this than actually measure it... ;) http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Category:X61s http://www.notebookreview.com/notebookreview/lenovo-thinkpad-x61-review/ Dimensions: 268 x 211 x 20-28 mm (10.5 x 8.3 x 0.8-1.1) Bear in mind that the later X series are widescreen so are... wider. J -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] New netbook?
On 07/10/14 13:35, Liam Proven wrote: Cool. Well, I hope it's all right and that you have no problems with it. It is a bit bigger than my old netbook, it's true, so a bit less portable, but it is /so/ much better as a computer -- better keyboard, better screen, much faster -- that I don't really mind. The chap that sold me mine suggested an SSD, as per Alan's suggestion, but it's quick enough for the light duties I put it to -- mainly writing. It has 4GB of RAM and seems to fly along with that for modest stuff. LibreOffice writer had some responsiveness issues so I've switched to Abiword, but otherwise, it's performing flawlessly. JOOI I saw some very minor screen corruption issues under 13.10 -- one character would sometimes get random snow in it, occasionally repeated in a few places around the screen. However the machine upgraded to 14.04 with no problems at all and this has fixed the issue. How do you find the battery life/ I have a Lenovo U410 which even with TLP installed rarely gets over 3 hours it's a PITA. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] New netbook?
On 13 October 2014 13:11, Gordon Burgess-Parker gordo...@mail.com wrote: How do you find the battery life on your Lenovo x? I have a Lenovo U410 and the battery life, even with TPL installed never goes much over 3 hours...which is a pita I can get 3 hours repeatably, but this is not light-use. There's normally a bit of software compilation, 3G device tethering, and probably phone charging, with base consumption about 16W according to powertop. I've found with mine that fancontrol can make a huge difference. The main fan sucks up about 8W on its lowest setting according to powertop (and the secondary some more), so setting fancontrol to activate a little higher than normal (60C or so rather than 45C) saves huge amounts of power; during normal use mine won't go much higher than 55C anyway. J -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] New netbook?
On 6 October 2014 21:32, Barry Drake ubuntu-advertis...@gmx.com wrote: On 06/10/14 20:40, alan c wrote: Barry pls tell link? thx Hi Alan . The link is closed now as I bought the item - but the seller has others and is at: http://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/bnicomputers I recently bought a Thinkpad X61S from ebay for 60 quid. I later added more RAM and an SSD, and a new battery. So it's a bit like Trigger's Broom, but still... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/231291916367 I'm running Ubuntu MATE Remix on it. Runs well. Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] New netbook?
On 6 October 2014 16:16, Barry Drake ubuntu-advertis...@gmx.com wrote: Thanks to all of you for your advice. I've found a refurbisher on e-bay who is willing to supply a Lenovo X201 with no OS and a full guarantee, so I'm going for that. The price is great and the seller seems to have a really good reputation. Thanks again. Cool. Well, I hope it's all right and that you have no problems with it. It is a bit bigger than my old netbook, it's true, so a bit less portable, but it is /so/ much better as a computer -- better keyboard, better screen, much faster -- that I don't really mind. The chap that sold me mine suggested an SSD, as per Alan's suggestion, but it's quick enough for the light duties I put it to -- mainly writing. It has 4GB of RAM and seems to fly along with that for modest stuff. LibreOffice writer had some responsiveness issues so I've switched to Abiword, but otherwise, it's performing flawlessly. JOOI I saw some very minor screen corruption issues under 13.10 -- one character would sometimes get random snow in it, occasionally repeated in a few places around the screen. However the machine upgraded to 14.04 with no problems at all and this has fixed the issue. -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Cell/Mobiles: +44 7939-087884 (UK) • +420 702 829 053 (ČR) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] New netbook?
On 7 October 2014 13:35, Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com wrote: JOOI I saw some very minor screen corruption issues under 13.10 -- one character would sometimes get random snow in it, occasionally repeated in a few places around the screen. However the machine upgraded to 14.04 with no problems at all and this has fixed the issue. I get video corruption on my X61S when waking from suspend on Ubuntu 14.10 and Windows 7. Not sure what's going on there. I can wave windows around to clean it up or switch to TTY and back and it recovers. Still a cracking little laptop. Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] New netbook?
On 06/10/14 21:32, Barry Drake wrote: On 06/10/14 20:40, alan c wrote: Barry pls tell link? thx Hi Alan . The link is closed now as I bought the item - but the seller has others and is at: http://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/bnicomputers Kind regards,Barry. Hi Barry Thanks! -- alan cocks -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] New netbook?
On 07/10/14 13:35, Liam Proven wrote: Cool. Well, I hope it's all right and that you have no problems with it. It is a bit bigger than my old netbook, it's true, so a bit less portable, but it is /so/ much better as a computer -- better keyboard, better screen, much faster -- that I don't really mind. The chap that sold me mine suggested an SSD, as per Alan's suggestion, but it's quick enough for the light duties I put it to -- mainly writing. It has 4GB of RAM and seems to fly along with that for modest stuff. LibreOffice writer had some responsiveness issues so I've switched to Abiword, but otherwise, it's performing flawlessly. JOOI I saw some very minor screen corruption issues under 13.10 -- one character would sometimes get random snow in it, occasionally repeated in a few places around the screen. However the machine upgraded to 14.04 with no problems at all and this has fixed the issue. The keyboard on my old Samsung was the only feature I didn't like. It is only a little bigger than the Samsung. It should be delivered on Monday. I could have had it earlier, but am definitely going to be around all day Monday to receive it. I'm really impressed with the amount of downloadable information on the Lenovo site. The manuals seem really comprehensive. I'm sure it will handle all I want to do with it while away from home. Thanks again all of you. Regards,Barry. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] New netbook?
On 05/10/14 09:49, Bruno Girin wrote: I've had IBM/Lenovo Thinkpads for the last 10 years and they've all run Ubuntu brilliantly. Thinkpads are one of the safest choices to run Ubuntu (or any Linux distro): it generally just works. Thanks to all of you for your advice. I've found a refurbisher on e-bay who is willing to supply a Lenovo X201 with no OS and a full guarantee, so I'm going for that. The price is great and the seller seems to have a really good reputation. Thanks again. Kind regards,Barry. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] New netbook?
On 06/10/14 15:16, Barry Drake wrote: On 05/10/14 09:49, Bruno Girin wrote: I've had IBM/Lenovo Thinkpads for the last 10 years and they've all run Ubuntu brilliantly. Thinkpads are one of the safest choices to run Ubuntu (or any Linux distro): it generally just works. Thanks to all of you for your advice. I've found a refurbisher on e-bay who is willing to supply a Lenovo X201 with no OS and a full guarantee, so I'm going for that. The price is great and the seller seems to have a really good reputation. Thanks again. Kind regards,Barry. Barry pls tell link? thx -- alan cocks -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] New netbook?
On 06/10/14 20:40, alan c wrote: Barry pls tell link? thx Hi Alan . The link is closed now as I bought the item - but the seller has others and is at: http://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/bnicomputers Kind regards,Barry. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] New netbook?
On 4 October 2014 18:46, Barry Drake ubuntu-advertis...@gmx.com wrote: Thanks. That seems very good. I'm tempted. I gather there are no compatibility problems at all? Did you take a backup of Windows in case it had to go back under warranty? I've had IBM/Lenovo Thinkpads for the last 10 years and they've all run Ubuntu brilliantly. Thinkpads are one of the safest choices to run Ubuntu (or any Linux distro): it generally just works. Other things I like about Thinkpads that may be of interest: - They are designed to withstand the bashing received by being constantly carried around on the road in bags that are not always perfectly padded (the most efficient way to kill them is to pour hot coffee on the keyboard but otherwise you need to apply a lot of force to do any damage: no cheap plastic on those), - Their keyboards are very good. Even the new Lenovo ones that have a chiclet keyboard rather than the old IBM keyboard are very comfortable to use. - You can usually find maintenance sheets online that tell you everything you need to know in order to service them and it's usually a case of removing a small number of standard screws to get to the innards. In particular, replacing the HDD/SSD, RAM, keyboard or individual keys is considered standard maintenance that anybody can do as long as they have a Phillips screw driver and are not afraid to use it. Bruno -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] New netbook?
On 4 October 2014 19:46, Barry Drake ubuntu-advertis...@gmx.com wrote: Thanks. That seems very good. I'm tempted. I gather there are no compatibility problems at all? Did you take a backup of Windows in case it had to go back under warranty? That's a newer-gen model than the one I bought, which was from a colleague. I dual-boot, although I almost never use Windows on it. I keep it there for emergencies, for BIOS updating, backing up my iPhone once in a blue moon, stuff like that. (I'm in it right now, in fact, to restore my iPhone after lending it to a friend for a week. Every time I use Windows, I tend to have to do a few hundred meg of updates first, because I use it so rarely...) -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Cell/Mobiles: +44 7939-087884 (UK) • +420 702 829 053 (ČR) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] New netbook?
Asus have launched their EeeBook X205 but I don't know if anyone in the UK stocks it yet. Tony (wriiten on my trusty Eee PC 1015PEM with Ubuntu 14.04) On 5 October 2014 15:51, Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com wrote: On 4 October 2014 19:46, Barry Drake ubuntu-advertis...@gmx.com wrote: Thanks. That seems very good. I'm tempted. I gather there are no compatibility problems at all? Did you take a backup of Windows in case it had to go back under warranty? That's a newer-gen model than the one I bought, which was from a colleague. I dual-boot, although I almost never use Windows on it. I keep it there for emergencies, for BIOS updating, backing up my iPhone once in a blue moon, stuff like that. (I'm in it right now, in fact, to restore my iPhone after lending it to a friend for a week. Every time I use Windows, I tend to have to do a few hundred meg of updates first, because I use it so rarely...) -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Cell/Mobiles: +44 7939-087884 (UK) • +420 702 829 053 (ČR) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] New netbook?
On Sat, 2014-10-04 at 16:36 +0100, Simon Greenwood wrote: 7dayshop.com have some refurbished Acer Aspire One notebooks slightly off topic - but re the Acer Aspire One. I have an Aspire One [150] quite happily running Lubuntu. Anybody here know the best place [preferably in UK] to buy a replacement battery for it these days? -- Bill B. [SuperEngineer] -- -Registered Linux User 523667- -Registered Ubuntu User 32366- -Free as in Freedom-- -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] New netbook?
On 4 October 2014 15:25, Barry Drake ubuntu-advertis...@gmx.com wrote: Any thoughts or suggestions? I don't do gaming - I just want something that will do e-mails, internet and documents. I use cloud sync for documents and I keep Thunderbird and Firefox in sync with my desktop. Kind regards,Barry. I'd look at a refurbished Lenovo X series. There are X61s for under £100 and X220/X230s available for around £300-400. The X61 I have runs pretty darned nicely (and with only a C2D T7300), much faster than standard netbooks (e.g. Chromebooks) but an X230 with 3rd-gen Core i5 would really fly along. J -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] New netbook?
On 04/10/14 15:35, J Fernyhough wrote: I'd look at a refurbished Lenovo X series. There are X61s for under £100 and X220/X230s available for around £300-400. The X61 I have runs pretty darned nicely (and with only a C2D T7300), much faster than standard netbooks (e.g. Chromebooks) but an X230 with 3rd-gen Core i5 would really fly along. J Thanks for that. I'm looking at an X220 on e-bay. The spec is terrific. It's a bit bigger than I really wanted, but it is a possibility. What is the overall height and width of your X61 please? Kind regards,Barry. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] New netbook?
On 4 October 2014 16:00, Barry Drake ubuntu-advertis...@gmx.com wrote: Thanks for that. I'm looking at an X220 on e-bay. The spec is terrific. It's a bit bigger than I really wanted, but it is a possibility. What is the overall height and width of your X61 please? It was easier for me to search for this than actually measure it... ;) http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Category:X61s http://www.notebookreview.com/notebookreview/lenovo-thinkpad-x61-review/ Dimensions: 268 x 211 x 20-28 mm (10.5 x 8.3 x 0.8-1.1) Bear in mind that the later X series are widescreen so are... wider. J -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] New netbook?
On Saturday 04 Oct 2014 15:25:26 Barry Drake wrote: Hi there . I just got back after some time away using my netbook. It is a Samsung N150 currently running Lubuntu 14.04 as it had become far too slow on recent Ubuntu releases. I want to upgrade to something faster that can run Ubuntu 14.10 at a fair speed. The thing is, I don't want to go much larger in physical size. 10 or so is ideal for me. I tried an Android tablet, but really prefer the netbook. I could get by with a tablet running Ubuntu if there were such a thing, but I can't understand why netbooks are now in a minority. I could possibly go for a low-end Windows netbook if I knew for certain that it was fully compatible with Ubuntu. Obviously I prefer not to pay for an OS that I'm going to wipe! Any thoughts or suggestions? I don't do gaming - I just want something that will do e-mails, internet and documents. I use cloud sync for documents and I keep Thunderbird and Firefox in sync with my desktop. Kind regards,Barry. There's the 11.6 Mirage II from PC Specialist which is £237 if you remove Windows 8. http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/notebooks/mirageII/ -- Registered Linux User #466407 http://counter.li.org -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] New netbook?
7dayshop.com have some refurbished Acer Aspire One notebooks at £179.99 which might fit the bill. They're nice little machines - I have a similarly specced Lenovo Edge for mobile use, and they happily run Xubuntu. I would find a cheap 64GB or 128GB SSD to improve battery life if you were going to be out for any length of time. s/ On 4 October 2014 15:25, Barry Drake ubuntu-advertis...@gmx.com wrote: Hi there . I just got back after some time away using my netbook. It is a Samsung N150 currently running Lubuntu 14.04 as it had become far too slow on recent Ubuntu releases. I want to upgrade to something faster that can run Ubuntu 14.10 at a fair speed. The thing is, I don't want to go much larger in physical size. 10 or so is ideal for me. I tried an Android tablet, but really prefer the netbook. I could get by with a tablet running Ubuntu if there were such a thing, but I can't understand why netbooks are now in a minority. I could possibly go for a low-end Windows netbook if I knew for certain that it was fully compatible with Ubuntu. Obviously I prefer not to pay for an OS that I'm going to wipe! Any thoughts or suggestions? I don't do gaming - I just want something that will do e-mails, internet and documents. I use cloud sync for documents and I keep Thunderbird and Firefox in sync with my desktop. Kind regards,Barry. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- Twitter: @sfgreenwood TBA are particularly glib -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] New netbook?
On 04/10/14 16:13, J Fernyhough wrote: It was easier for me to search for this than actually measure it... ;) Sorry - I should have tried! Sizewise it's doable (just). I use a fairly small backpack as cabin luggage when flying. I'll consider for a while. Regards,Barry. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] New netbook?
On 04/10/14 16:24, Mark Fraser wrote: There's the 11.6 Mirage II from PC Specialist which is £237 if you remove Windows 8. http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/notebooks/mirageII/ That sounds interesting. Thanks. I've bought two desktops from pcspecialist and have been delighted. My only gripe is that they absolutely refuse to talk Linux as part of company policy so you are on your own if there are OS problems or incompatibilities. When I spoke on the phone a few years ago, they told me off the record that every batch of laptops that comes in has a variation in the electronics in some small way that 'might' affect Linux drivers. I imagine things have stabilised since then but it does make me slightly wary. Am I being over cautious? The size would be ideal - it isn't much bigger than my Sammy, but the spec is even better than my current desktop. Regards,Barry. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] New netbook?
PCSpecialist machines are essentially the same ones that System 76 use so they should be fine, and if not the System 76 drivers should help. s/ On 4 October 2014 17:01, Barry Drake ubuntu-advertis...@gmx.com wrote: On 04/10/14 16:24, Mark Fraser wrote: There's the 11.6 Mirage II from PC Specialist which is £237 if you remove Windows 8. http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/notebooks/mirageII/ That sounds interesting. Thanks. I've bought two desktops from pcspecialist and have been delighted. My only gripe is that they absolutely refuse to talk Linux as part of company policy so you are on your own if there are OS problems or incompatibilities. When I spoke on the phone a few years ago, they told me off the record that every batch of laptops that comes in has a variation in the electronics in some small way that 'might' affect Linux drivers. I imagine things have stabilised since then but it does make me slightly wary. Am I being over cautious? The size would be ideal - it isn't much bigger than my Sammy, but the spec is even better than my current desktop. Regards,Barry. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- Twitter: @sfgreenwood TBA are particularly glib -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] New netbook?
On 04/10/14 16:36, Simon Greenwood wrote: 7dayshop.com http://7dayshop.com have some refurbished Acer Aspire One notebooks at £179.99 which might fit the bill. They're nice little machines - I have a similarly specced Lenovo Edge for mobile use, and they happily run Xubuntu. Looks good - but they are out of stock at the moment. I've asked for an e-mail if and when they get new stock. Thanks for that. I gather I'm pretty safe with anything Acer with Linux. I don't really want to be using Kubuntu, Lubuntu or Xubuntu as I really love Unity (Barry puts on hard hat and ducks). Regards,Barry. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] New netbook?
On 04/10/14 17:14, Simon Greenwood wrote: PCSpecialist machines are essentially the same ones that System 76 use so they should be fine, and if not the System 76 drivers should help. Thanks. That's reassuring. Regards,Barry. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] New netbook?
[...] as I really love Unity (Barry puts on hard hat and ducks). I agree, I love Unity too! -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] New netbook?
I have an Asus EeePC from a few years ago which still runs well. I was using PinguyOS (based on Ubuntu and Mint) but that became quite out of date and I did not like the newer versions (but was never too slow). So I decided to install Linux Lite which is based on Ubuntu, using version 14.04 so it has an up-to-date kernel and software. Nothing fancy, but it works smoothly on my netbook, even with Cairo Dock installed and a few tabs open in Firefox, plus running LibreOffice Writer and a couple of other small apps at the same time. Not had a problem with it at all, so maybe you just need to install a new distro. It has a CPU speed of 1.6 GHz and 1 GB of RAM so similar specs to your Samsung. David King On 04/10/14 15:25, Barry Drake wrote: Hi there . I just got back after some time away using my netbook. It is a Samsung N150 currently running Lubuntu 14.04 as it had become far too slow on recent Ubuntu releases. I want to upgrade to something faster that can run Ubuntu 14.10 at a fair speed. The thing is, I don't want to go much larger in physical size. 10 or so is ideal for me. I tried an Android tablet, but really prefer the netbook. I could get by with a tablet running Ubuntu if there were such a thing, but I can't understand why netbooks are now in a minority. I could possibly go for a low-end Windows netbook if I knew for certain that it was fully compatible with Ubuntu. Obviously I prefer not to pay for an OS that I'm going to wipe! Any thoughts or suggestions? I don't do gaming - I just want something that will do e-mails, internet and documents. I use cloud sync for documents and I keep Thunderbird and Firefox in sync with my desktop. Kind regards,Barry. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] New netbook?
On 4 October 2014 16:25, Barry Drake ubuntu-advertis...@gmx.com wrote: I want to upgrade to something faster that can run Ubuntu 14.10 at a fair speed. I had much the same feeling with my Acer Aspire One. I sold it -- £100 :-) -- and bought a Thinkpad X200. Slightly bigger but dramatically faster with a lovely keyboard. Mine cost me £130, so net cost of the upgrade was £30. :-) Suggestion: http://www.morgancomputers.co.uk/product_detail/14830/Lenovo-IBM-X201-Intel-i5-520M-2-4GHz-12-1-Laptop-4GB-160GB-Windows-7-Pro/ -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Cell/Mobiles: +44 7939-087884 (UK) • +420 702 829 053 (ČR) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] New netbook?
On 04/10/14 18:28, Liam Proven wrote: Suggestion: http://www.morgancomputers.co.uk/product_detail/14830/Lenovo-IBM-X201-Intel-i5-520M-2-4GHz-12-1-Laptop-4GB-160GB-Windows-7-Pro/ Thanks. That seems very good. I'm tempted. I gather there are no compatibility problems at all? Did you take a backup of Windows in case it had to go back under warranty? Regards,Barry Drake. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
