On 08/09/2019 10:15, Adrian Caspersz wrote:
On 08/09/2019 08:47, Brian Reay wrote:
Graeme wrote:
I have one of the above which was often useful, but now lives in a
cupboard because it runs XP Home, which is no longer 'secure', and
cannot be upgraded to W7 or above.
It occurs that perhaps there is an up to date version of Linux that
could replace Windows?Ā* Linux 'Lite' or something?
Only really needs to be able to connect and load a browser, although
word processing and spreadsheets (doc and xls) would be useful, but mail
not required.
This is the basic spec.
type : IntelĀ® Atom¢ processor N280
clock speed : 1.66 GHz
Front Side Bus : 667 MHz
2nd level cache : 512 KB
standard : 1,024 MB
maximum expandability : 2,048 MB
technology : DDR2 RAM (800 MHz)
Hard diskĀ*Ā*Ā*Ā*Ā*Ā* capacity : 160 GB
certification : S.M.A.R.T.
drive rotation : 5,400 rpm
A waste of time?
That should run Linux, certainly for the applications you mentioned.
The HDD is more than enough, you need far less and Ive run systems for
special purposes with 40G disks I had laying around.
As for the version, it rather depends. Linux users have their favourites
and can be quite passionate about them. I favour Linux Mint and recommend
it. I also like Sci Linux but that is more specialised.
You can check the latest version of Linux Mint and the recommended
machine
required but Ive certainly run early versions on similar spec machines
without problems.
Mint is easy to install, the user interface is similar to Windows, but it
tends to run faster on a given machine. Ive always found it very stable.
Like many versions of Linux, it is based on the Ubuntu distribution.
It comes with Libre Office, which is an excellent office suite compatible
with MS Office etc.
You serious?
Running a Mint desktop with browser or multimedia features is going to
be painful.
The default Cinnamon desktop on mint is heavy, XCFE would be a better
choice.
Or MATE, Ive run Mate on 512MB and an atom. Gets there in the end.
Ā*https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=3788
Ā*Linux Mint 19.2 Tina Xfce
and that is a slow 32-bit 2.5 Watt consuming CPU strapped with not much
memory, that would ordinarily end up in a mobile phone or tablet.
There are far more capable laptops thrown away daily by businesses that
are better installation candidates.
yes, but that one is still is OK tho.
For some of my puppet stuff, I use a small stack of 8 year old Lenovo
Core2Duo based laptops with a common docking station (R61, T400,
T500...), I get them for less than Ā£50, even Ā£30 - though had to unlock
the BIOS on that. They are fast enough to run the latest server windows
operating systems, and full bloat Windows 10, never mind about Linux.
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