On Wed, 2014-02-19 at 12:51 +1100, Toby Corkindale wrote:
On 19 February 2014 12:36, Jason White <jason@jasonjgw.net> wrote:
Toby Corkindale <toby@dryft.net> wrote:
I was wondering how it'd go running a full version of Linux; just running a bunch of terminal emulators more of the time, and maybe Chromium from time to time.
Obviously you would need to be very selective in what to install so as to conserve resources. Start with a minimal installation, then add an X server, a window manager of your choice, Chromium and a terminal emulator. One of the smaller desktop environments (XFCE or LXDE) might work well, but some people still prefer to run just a window manager rather than a full desktop where hardware constraints are of concern.
Well, it has 16GB of storage, 2GB of RAM and a dual-core 1.7 GHz ARMv7 CPU, so it's not all that constrained.
But I don't know how well the Linux distros actually support the hardware? Does it run reliably, or glitchy?
It looks like a temptingly-cheap $300 lightweight laptop, but I guess if I'm asking questions about reliability, I should probably not get a laptop that's going to be yet another hack project. _______________________________________________ luv-main mailing list luv-main@luv.asn.au http://lists.luv.asn.au/listinfo/luv-main
Hello Toby, Based on my research (and this is only, and only me, others may differ), this is a hack project. If you want to have some fun and if you have plenty of spare time, go ahead. If you can spare a few hundred more and get something with more memory and HD resources. If you want a toy, this is nice. If you want something more decent, find something better... Don't get me wrong, it will run linux (a lot of things do, even a crockpot!), but after some massaging (and quite a few hours of your time). ChromeOS (based on my research) is a glorified browser. GNU/Linux is a full OS. Just my 5c. Cheers, Davor