[xubuntu-users] Exceedingly Grateful

[chris]

On 14/05/17 11:04, Roger wrote:
> On May 13, 2017 7:20:41 PM EDT, Peter Flynn <peter at silmaril.ie> wrote:
>
>     On 13/05/17 23:12, chris wrote:
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>         On 14/05/17 07:25, Peter Flynn wrote:
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>             On 13/05/17 20:22, Joao Monteiro wrote:
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>                 Hi,
>
>
>
>             Delighted to hear it.
>
>                 Basically, I found a Xubuntu Xfce (desktop) version
>                 available for
>                 download for 32 and 64 bit machines; downloaded both,
>                 installed the 32
>                 bit on an old Asus eeepc 1000H which had Windows XP.
>                 Worked so well
>
>
>             I have heard that this works — I was surprised because I
>             have used more
>             recent Asus machines and they're basically rubbish.
>
>
>         Interested in your reasons why you say this?
>
>
>     I see a lot of students coming into my office with laptop problems and
>     there seem to be more Asus machines than any other. The most common
>     problems are sticking or broken keys, random battery drain, sudden
>     screen blanking, and hard disk noise. But maybe I am doing them an
>     injustice: I have not used one myself.
>
>     ///Peter
>
>
> Re: ASUS and Xubuntu:
>
> I installed Xubuntu on two variants of their old "netbooks" with no
> problems. They worked great even tho they maxed-out at 2 GB of ram. I
> even managed to dual boot as well as replace the HD with an SSD in the
> second one, which took a bit of prying and screwing around.
>
> Excuse the top-post. Interspersing comments doesn't work well on this droid.
> --
> Sent from my Android device using K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
>
>
I have never has major issues with Asus, not so for HP or Samsung.

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