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General => Introductions => Topic started by: Little.Walter on January 04, 2016, 04:29:23 AM

Title: Greetings, Lite People
Post by: Little.Walter on January 04, 2016, 04:29:23 AM

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  :P ) so Linux Lite looks like a good match for me!  8)

Have a great year, everyone.

Ciao,

 Little Walter

Title: Re: Greetings, Lite People
Post by: Wirezfree on January 04, 2016, 05:02:03 AM

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

Title: Re: Greetings, Lite People
Post by: Little.Walter on January 04, 2016, 09:11:30 AM

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

Title: Re: Greetings, Lite People
Post by: Jocklad on January 04, 2016, 09:20:30 AM

Welcome to the Forum  Little Walter  :) :) :)

Title: Re: Greetings, Lite People
Post by: rijnsma on January 04, 2016, 10:57:54 AM

Alles Gute auch für Sie, Little.Walter. And happy newyear for every-one.
Have fun with LL!

Title: Re: Greetings, Lite People
Post by: torreydale on January 04, 2016, 11:02:12 AM

Glad to have you and your 15 years of Linux experience added to the forum.

Title: Re: Greetings, Lite People
Post by: Little.Walter on January 04, 2016, 01:46:13 PM

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

Title: Re: Greetings, Lite People
Post by: technomancer on January 04, 2016, 10:12:33 PM

@ Little Walter
Welcome to the community !

Title: Re: Greetings, Lite People
Post by: banko on January 05, 2016, 02:03:38 AM

And a big welcome from the UK :) :) :) :) :) :) :)

Keith

Title: Re: Greetings, Lite People
Post by: avj on January 06, 2016, 10:51:42 PM

Welcome to the forum. :)

Title: Re: Greetings, Lite People
Post by: Shady on January 07, 2016, 01:19:09 AM

Welcome

Title: Re: Greetings, Lite People
Post by: Little.Walter on January 07, 2016, 03:02:20 AM

Thanks, guys!

I'm really enjoying Linux Lite and will be advising interested people (n00bs as well as old-timers) to give Linux Lite a spin. I imagine most will end up sticking with it.  8)

Ciao,

 Little Walter