[NetBehaviour] linux laptops

[Alan Sondheim]

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 : )
>             --
>             helen varley jamieson
>             helen at creative-catalyst.com
>             http://www.creative-catalyst.com
>             http://www.upstage.org.nz
>
>             We have a situation, Coventry!
>             24 November 2016
> 
> 
> 
>
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> 
> --
> helen varley jamieson
> helen at creative-catalyst.com
> http://www.creative-catalyst.com
> http://www.upstage.org.nz
> 
> We have a situation, Coventry!
> 24 November 2016
> 
> 
>

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