KiWi Linux
So sorry KiWi Linux for my holiday lapses.
It is a beautiful outfit and thank a lot for your wonderful work and keeping it within 700 MiB and the latest software and Chromium.
All other CD distributions except Peppermint go back to 2009 and won’t let one updates and repositories are no longer supporting some software.
3. Then my Server, I have dismantled it with all its parts,
I could not find RAM, more than 256 memory for it.
Mind you, servers do not need much RAM or graphic capabilities.
I was looking for replacement RAM for over 9 months and I could not find one.
I sorted out all the DDR 1 RAMs I had, just a few days ago and tried one by one and found one with 400 speed and 512 Memory at last.
Now the time to summarize the problems, one encounters if one is using old computers.
1. Graphic capability (on board or cards capability).
2. RAM
3. CD instead of DVD
4. Size and the type of hard disks (IDE, SATA instead of Solid State without mechanical parts)
5. Transformer.
6. Battery Life.
One has to consider all the above apart from the weight of the laptop and the accessory gadgets.
7. Is there blue tooth?
That is vital if one is using the device for mobile work.
8. One should see whether it is bootable with a USB device (DVD for example) or Pendrive.
For me Pendrive is the only device I need but now I have few laptop hard disks that fits in my front pocket with few images stored in for quick action, on the fly, on the spot and no more downloading.
If one is buying secondhand those are the problems but if you buy new one you are going into unknown territory.
I hate Japanese laptops including Toshiba and I will stop at that.
There are many reasons, including hardware compatibility with Linux.
9. I will be brief with new laptops.
Only look for the battery life even if it is on the heavy side.
Like ASUS transformer, if you have two for one device it is wonderful, if your backpack is large enough to accommodate.
10. All the other gimmicks that (salesman/woman) chaps tell you are blah-blahs unless you are serious graphic artist or a gamer.
Even a media person can be happy with a minimum of resources.
11. Solid state hard disk is what one needs if you are a chap like me who will jump to sea bed with backpack on my back.
So be wise in your choices but cheap does not mean one cannot get one’s work done on a daily basis.
12. One more advice,
One has to use the computer 24/7 schedule like me.
If not do not buy one but borrow one for the work and have your hands free on vacation or better still get another donkey to do the work and enjoy one’s life like, there is no tomorrow.
Warning
With the Tablets about to hit the market and take it by storm, the work floor guys are going to DUMP old hardware on your back and part with your hard earned money,too.
Beware business gimmicks.
Kiwi Linux
Origin: Romania
Category: Desktop
Desktop environment: GNOME
Architecture: x86
Based on: Ubuntu
Wikipedia:
Media: Live CD
The last version | Released: 12.08 | September 6, 2012
Kiwi Linux – slightly modified an Ubuntu Desktop/Install CD for the i386 architecture, with support for German, English, Romanian and Hungarian languages.
The live CD offers the support of multimedia codecs, encrypted DVD support, Flash and Java plugins for Firefox, PPPoE GUI for accessing local Internet services and write support for NTFS partitions.
It also features an old-school graphical desktop environment, powered by GNOME 3.4. It uses a two-panel layout, providing users with both a traditional and familiar interface.
The last version of Kiwi Linux 12.08 was released in September 2012.
Kiwi Linux was started by an Ubuntu core developer, Jani Monoses.
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