Linux

[ProjectKITT]

Originally Posted by tatasam

Hi environment KDE looks great , but is burden for the computer

I bet on speed of the system, the appearance is immaterial.
Today, if I have enough time, will install Linux Mint 17.3 "Rosa" Xfce.
My PC is very old AMD 1.4 MHz, RAM 1GB , VGA 512 MB


Regards , Henryk

Hello tatasam,

I'm been running Ubuntu variants since 2012, but I've also tried Linux Mint and a few versions of Puppy Linux. I would suggest trying Xubuntu since it's lightweight but still based off the popular Ubuntu platform. I'm currently running it on my Acer netbook which has similar specs to yours

Best of luck,
-ProjectKITT

[tatasam]

Hello ProjectKITT
I am at the stage of testing dystrybucjii Linux.
My experience is at the user level, I have a huge backlog of Linux


What's New ?
My computer is " racist " does not tolerate the re-installation of Linux Mint (breaks in the middle of installation, sumd5 is OK, liveCD work properly)
Small distributions can install as I want Mint only once !

Currently I am learning the correct division HDD for Linux, Grub, Grub4dos, system configuration, etc.
HDD is already hot

Regards, Henryk

[tatasam]

Hi today on the disk, tahrpup-6.0-CE
Topic of today's fun, linux_swap.
Interesting topic , his position and size means a lot to the system, it is good to read the publication.

Bye bye , I disappear in the depths the data

Henryk
In the pictures desktop taharpup and my test division HDD

I'm sorry , but modeling must wait .

[cfuruti]

Originally Posted by tatasam

Hi today on the disk, tahrpup-6.0-CE
Topic of today's fun, linux_swap.
Interesting topic , his position and size means a lot to the system, it is good to read the publication.
.

My notebook's disk is somewhat similar (80GB). Two notes:

• since your memory is so limited, you'd probably benefit of more swap. Also, when Linux hibernates it copies RAM there, so I usually make swap more than twice the amount of the maximum memory (real + virtual) I expect to use. If you feel your swap space is too small, before repartitioning remember that most or all distributions support swap files too
• I always keep /home in a separate partition instead of inside /, so if a reinstallation is ever needed, / may be rewritten but /home is left untouched - just recreate your user account and you're ready to go, no work lost.
  Did Mint put /home in /dev/sda5? I hope so, but if not, you'll probably make your work area there. Some Linux users try a lot of distributions until feeling comfortable, so it's important keeping your work separate from system files.

[elliott]

Originally Posted by tatasam

...I'm sorry, but modeling must wait.

Understood Henryk. I don't have the faintest clue what you are all talking about but it must be Terribly Important because you are using Big Words and Ideas.

Hope thinga work out for you.

Will be here when you resume modeling.

[tatasam]

Hi

cefuruti
The theme of "swap" is like an ocean to correctly choose the size, we need to know the maximum value which uses the system on when loading for a long time.
Large swap will be torn into smaller files on free space the HDD and lose performance.

My valuable data, I keep on the second HDD or logical drive.
Folder / home will be as a separate partition on the small size, I have more space on the logical drive.


Elliott
Already pulls me into modeling but now I have to get rid of Windows, I've had enough of this the system (I do not intend to buy an expensive PC as required by the system )

Regards, Henryk

[tatasam]

Hi tornado moved me to Kubuntu

Internet works without problems, the printer works, Skype? I do not know yet .

All on the the right track

Henryk

[cfuruti]

Originally Posted by tatasam

Hi

cefuruti
The theme of "swap" is like an ocean to correctly choose the size, we need to know the maximum value which uses the system on when loading for a long time.

True, determining optimum swap size demands a little experience. IMHO 1GB or less of RAM and just a bit more than 1.5GB of swap is rather limiting.

Originally Posted by tatasam

Large swap will be torn into smaller files on free space the HDD and lose performance.

Hmm, I don't know what you mean here. Swap files are certainly slower than swap partitions (but they are not "torn", they are usually preallocated and therefore not necessarily fragmented). However, that's not the point. Swap files are useful when virtual memory is not enough and one doesn't have free space/backup to create or enlarge a swap partition - in this situation, what do you prefer, running a memory-hungry application more slowly, or not running it at all?

[cfuruti]

Originally Posted by tatasam

Hi tornado moved me to Kubuntu

As I mentioned, I prefer KDE, which is IMHO more integrated and refined than XFCE and LXQt/LXDE. However, it does use more memory. My 7-year old desktop with 6GB RAM comfortably runs KDE with Firefox (more than 50 tabs), GIMP, Inkscape and VirtualBox simultaneously. But on my 2GB notebook, Fedora with KDE is noticeably slower than with either LXQt or XFCE, so I usually "boot" the latter (and open less applications, of course).

[tatasam]

Hi there is progress in science Kubuntu works fairly quickly , but the sweet effects irritate me , all the effects turned off, now is great
Internet , printer and skype works! but I can not log in to my account e-mail and Skype , do not yet mastered
Skype has been installed with the console , the manager he could not correctly install skype.
The war with logging continues
Henryk