[NetBehaviour] linux laptops

[Alan Sondheim]

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 :-(
>
>
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> 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). 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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