On 11/02/2017 03:38 PM, Fred Smith wrote: > On Thu, Nov 02, 2017 at 02:09:04PM -0400, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: >> Yves Bellefeuille wrote: >>> Valeri Galtsev <galtsev at kicp.uchicago.edu> wrote: >>> >>>> Not intending to contradict (if that ends up as pain, it will be >>>> your pain anyway ;-) but I would go higher with specs if you intend >>>> to use Linux on it. Linux tends to grow its demands for resources >>>> pretty much exponentially (same as Windows does, only from lower >>>> starting point). >>> >>> On my Acer Aspire One 522 (two-core AMD C-50 1.0 GHz processor with 2 >>> GB of RAM), CentOS 6 is noticeably smoother than Windows 7. Windows >>> uses the battery more efficiently, however. >>> >> The reql question is what the o/p wants the system *for*. As I mentioned, >> I have my '09 HP Netbook (1101?), and I just loaded CentOS 6 i386 on it, >> and it runs acceptably. Now, once I switch the WM from *bleah* Gnome to >> KDE, or maybe something lighter, I'll be fine... but I only use it while >> traveling, for mail and browsing. >> >> What *are* you going to be doing with it? > > mostly portable email and browsing. if it is good enough it'll probably > have dev tools on it too for the uncommon occasions when I need to > build something. If it is good enough I may find other thiings to do > with it, but I have a reasonably powerful desktop also running C7, so > many of those "other" things are taken care of there. > > Fred > http://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-laptops/inspiron-11-3000/spd/inspiron-11-3162-laptop I use that when i want to travel light .. with an SSD and 8gb of RAM (it says 4gb max, 8gb will work), I get good performance and I can do anything I need while traveling. Everything works with CentOS Linux 7 (wifi, graphics, volume buttons, touchpad, etc) -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 198 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20171103/a5e9063b/attachment-0005.sig>