Request for simplified instructions for downloading and installing .tar.gz applications - Ventoy
Bret Busby
bret at busby.net
Fri Aug 12 21:39:31 UTC 2022
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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