Request for simplified instructions for downloading and installing .tar.gz applications - Ventoy

[Bret Busby]

On 13/8/22 05:16, Liam Proven wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Aug 2022 at 19:34, Bret Busby <bret at busby.net> wrote:
>>
>> It was, yes.
>>
>> :)
> 
> Jolly good. Genuinely good to learn people read it and find the info useful!
> 
>> My understanding is that, when a spinning HDD is powered down, it needs
>> to be left off, for at least a minute, or so, before powering on again,
>> to avoid physical damage.
> 
> Mainly applies to desktop drives. Notebook drives are tougher --
> slower, but more resistant.
> 
> What make/model of laptop is it? You might be able to get a cheap 3rd
> party battery for it...
> 

It is an ASUS F550C.

I had thought about the prospect of seeking a replacement battery, after 
I found an old receipt for a replacement battery that I had bought some 
years ago, online.. But, I did not follow up on the thought; I thought 
that I should try to get the computer working, with an OS, to check that 
I could, first.

It is one of those laptops designed by  people whose talents make me 
wonder. It has an i7 CPU, and only 4GB RAM, and, has capacity for only 
about 12 or 16GB RAM; I believe that anything more powerful than a 
Celeron, should come with at least 8 GB RAM, and should be expandable to 
at least 32GB RAM, and, any computer with an i7, should come with at 
least 32GB RAM, as standard, to be able to properly use the CPU's 
capacity. It is a bit like when the 80486 CPU was released, and a 
lecturer in computer hardware told us at the time, that only two 
operating systems were capable of using the potential of the 80486 chip; 
UNIX and OS/2. At about that time, from memory, Linux had got to about 
v0.86, and, had just been advanced to the 80386 chip.

I am not ungrateful for the gift of the PC; I just think that 
manufacturers have a long way to go, before they start making practical 
PC's available.

-- 
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
(UTC+0800)
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