<div dir="ltr">If you really need your old laptop to rock and roll,,,one word,,"gentoo"</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Apr 17, 2016 at 9:00 PM, Jan Greeff <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jan@verslank.net" target="_blank">jan@verslank.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Sounds sensible Bill, keep us posted on the outcome. <br><div><div class="h5">
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<div>On 17/04/2016 20:49, Bill Cairns wrote:<br>
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<div>Thanks all. My idea is to use the old computer as a
travelling companion - that means mostly for email,
occasional browsing, storing pictures and a bit of word
processing. I have used it occasionally in the past to do
just that using XP. And yes, Firefox can be frustrating with
Chrome little better. (I have found that running multiple
tabs is not a good idea). Irfanview and Open Office (I am
running an old version) run fine once they get started so I
don't foresee problems with gThumb or Libre Office. I expect
Linux to run better (not very much better, but better) than
XP. Of course there will be fewer frustrations and less bad
language without Windows.<br>
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My present plan is to install a full Unity system and see how
it goes. I will cut out all the fudge (I have already done
that on my main system because I really don't need fancy). If
the clunker still struggles, I will try using Xfce rather than
Unity. (This is how I ran for some time before Unity the
Windows menu in the Window title bar - Gimp just won't work
without it). If that is still unsatisfactory I will go to
plan C. I am not sure what plan C is yet but I will certainly
look at Mate and Cinnamon and even Lubuntu.<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On 17 April 2016 at 16:55, Lee Sharp <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:leesharp@hal-pc.org" target="_blank">leesharp@hal-pc.org</a>></span>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span>On 04/17/2016 03:25 AM, Jaco Stroebel wrote:<br>
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Good morning Bill, Everyone,<br>
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Something worth keeping in mind with such an old laptop
(and certainly<br>
the 2009 HP Compaq that I have) is that the OS might be
lightweight, but<br>
the software is not necessarily. I've had trouble with
browsers<br>
especially, that just tear through the RAM. So depending
on the usecase,<br>
it might turn out somewhat frustrating to use.<br>
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This is so true! I have started looking for a clean browser
again because the big ones have gotten so fat that they can
bring a new computer to it's knees! Especially if you leave
them running a few days...<span><font color="#888888"><br>
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Lee</font></span>
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