To start the new year 2016 with an experiment I installed Linux Lite 2.6 64bit version on my old MSI notebook. Everything seems to be working well and I will report details of the hardware (and any problems, if they should occur) soon.
I live in Germany and have been a Linux user for more than 15 years. I prefer distros that are easy on resources (because I only have older, cheaper computers
) so Linux Lite looks like a good match for me! 8)
Have a great year, everyone.
Ciao,
Little Walter
Welcome,
Good choice, yes LL is lite on resource usage.
If you have any issues, a great community here to help,
with active participation by the devs.
mfg
Dave
Hi Wirezfree,
Thanks for the reply and friendly reception.
My machine is running very well (sound, wireless, videos, etc) right out of the box! I have now installed the Linux kernel 4.3.3-amd64 and it too is working perfectly!
Since my RAM is only 1 Gig I set my swappiness down from the default value of 60 to a more reasonable 5.
After logging in to the standard xfce4 desktop my RAM usage was around 230 MB. I installed and set up the Fluxbox wm and, after searching and experimenting around, managed to get it to start when I log-in. Now the RAM usage after log-in to the Fluxbox session (and with xfce-power-manager running) is down to a more reasonable 120 MB or so. 8)
My old laptop specs (from running inxi -F) are:
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System: Host: msi Kernel: 4.3.3-040303-generic x86_64 (64 bit) Desktop: Fluxbox 1.3.5 Distro: Ubuntu 14.04 trusty
Machine: System: Micro-Star product: MEGA BOOK M670 version: Ver 1.000
Mobo: MSI model: MS-1632 version: Ver 1.000 Bios: American Megatrends version: A1632NMS Ver7.06 date: 02/06/2007
CPU: Dual core AMD Turion 64 X2 Mobile TL-50 (-MCP-) cache: 512 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 svm)
Clock Speeds: 1: 800.00 MHz 2: 800.00 MHz
Graphics: Card: NVIDIA C51 [GeForce Go 6100]
X.Org: 1.15.1 drivers: nouveau (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: [email protected]
GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on NV4E GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 10.1.3
Audio: Card: NVIDIA MCP51 High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel Sound: ALSA ver: k4.3.3-040303-generic
Network: Card-1: Ralink RT2561/RT61 rev B 802.11g driver: rt61pci
IF: wlan0 state: up mac: 00:19:db:05:80:33
Card-2: NVIDIA MCP51 Ethernet Controller driver: forcedeth
IF: eth0 state: down mac: 00:19:db:38:a1:f1
Drives: HDD Total Size: 120.0GB (10.2% used) 1: id: /dev/sda model: TOSHIBA_MK1234GS size: 120.0GB
Partition: ID: / size: 28G used: 4.2G (16%) fs: ext4 ID: swap-1 size: 1.99GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap
RAID: No RAID devices detected - /proc/mdstat and md_mod kernel raid module present
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 75.0C mobo: N/A gpu: 67.0
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info: Processes: 171 Uptime: 1:16 Memory: 366.1/866.5MB Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 1.9.17
Ciao,
Little Walter
Alles Gute auch für Sie, Little.Walter. And happy newyear for every-one.
Have fun with LL!
Glad to have you and your 15 years of Linux experience added to the forum.
Hi Jocklad, rijnsma & torreydale,
Thank you, vielen Dank, muchas gracias!! I appreciate the warm reception and hope that I can perhaps help answer some "noobie" questions from others. I know that my start with Linux was not easy, and I would like to try to help others moving away from the M$-Überwachungsstaat (surveillance society) in whatever way I can.
Ciao,
Little Walter
@ Little Walter
Welcome to the community !
Welcome to the forum.