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Old February 22nd 18, 12:29 AM posted to rec.photo.digital
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Default Switched from Windows to Linux on old netbook. What a difference

On 02/19/2018 08:09 PM, RichA wrote:
With Windows, if you opened more than 2 browser windows, it bogged down, often just freezing. Couldn't deal with images at all. Switching to Linux cured it, you still have to be cognizant of the 1G memory and cpu power limitations, but it can do much more than before.


Same here. I have several machines that are 10-15 years old, and
severely under-powered. They bogged down terribly with WinXP, but now
run great with Lubuntu (a light-weight version of Ubuntu).

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Old February 22nd 18, 05:47 AM posted to rec.photo.digital
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Ken Hart:
Same here. I have several machines that are 10-15 years old, and
severely under-powered. They bogged down terribly with WinXP, but now
run great with Lubuntu (a light-weight version of Ubuntu).


(This being a photography group...) How are they at running Lightroom
and Photoshop?

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Old February 22nd 18, 06:19 AM posted to rec.photo.digital
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Davoud wrote:
Ken Hart:
Same here. I have several machines that are 10-15 years old, and
severely under-powered. They bogged down terribly with WinXP, but now
run great with Lubuntu (a light-weight version of Ubuntu).


(This being a photography group...) How are they at running Lightroom
and Photoshop?


Pffft!! :-)

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Old February 22nd 18, 06:39 AM posted to rec.photo.digital
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Default Switched from Windows to Linux on old netbook. What a difference

On 2018-02-22 04:47:22 +0000, Davoud said:

Ken Hart:
Same here. I have several machines that are 10-15 years old, and
severely under-powered. They bogged down terribly with WinXP, but now
run great with Lubuntu (a light-weight version of Ubuntu).


(This being a photography group...) How are they at running Lightroom
and Photoshop?


There's no rule in photography that forces you to use Adobe products...

http://ubuntustudio.org/
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Old February 22nd 18, 05:40 PM posted to rec.photo.digital
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In article , android
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Ken Hart:
Same here. I have several machines that are 10-15 years old, and
severely under-powered. They bogged down terribly with WinXP, but now
run great with Lubuntu (a light-weight version of Ubuntu).


(This being a photography group...) How are they at running Lightroom
and Photoshop?


There's no rule in photography that forces you to use Adobe products...


there is if you want quality results.
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Old February 22nd 18, 06:29 PM posted to rec.photo.digital
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Default Switched from Windows to Linux on old netbook. What a difference

On 2018-02-22 16:40:00 +0000, nospam said:

In article , android
wrote:

Ken Hart:
Same here. I have several machines that are 10-15 years old, and
severely under-powered. They bogged down terribly with WinXP, but now
run great with Lubuntu (a light-weight version of Ubuntu).

(This being a photography group...) How are they at running Lightroom
and Photoshop?


There's no rule in photography that forces you to use Adobe products...


there is if you want quality results.


woosh or something...
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Old February 22nd 18, 07:00 PM posted to rec.photo.digital
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In article , Ken Hart says...

Same here. I have several machines that are 10-15 years old, and
severely under-powered. They bogged down terribly with WinXP, but now
run great with Lubuntu (a light-weight version of Ubuntu).


Why bother about 10-15 years old computers when you can buy a new one
for 200 Euro?

If that is still too expensive, you could buy a Raspberry Pi and put
Linux on it.
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Old February 22nd 18, 07:32 PM posted to rec.photo.digital
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In article , Alfred Molon
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Same here. I have several machines that are 10-15 years old, and
severely under-powered. They bogged down terribly with WinXP, but now
run great with Lubuntu (a light-weight version of Ubuntu).


Why bother about 10-15 years old computers when you can buy a new one
for 200 Euro?


because a 200 euro computer is junk.

If that is still too expensive, you could buy a Raspberry Pi and put
Linux on it.


that would be more capable than a 10-15 year old computer running linux.
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Old February 22nd 18, 09:36 PM posted to rec.photo.digital
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On 02/22/2018 01:00 PM, Alfred Molon wrote:
In article , Ken Hart says...

Same here. I have several machines that are 10-15 years old, and
severely under-powered. They bogged down terribly with WinXP, but now
run great with Lubuntu (a light-weight version of Ubuntu).


Why bother about 10-15 years old computers when you can buy a new one
for 200 Euro?

If that is still too expensive, you could buy a Raspberry Pi and put
Linux on it.


I haven't done the Euro to Dollar conversion, but I haven't paid three
digits for any of my old computers.

Just because a widget is old is no reason to scrap it, especially if it
still works well enough to use.


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Old February 22nd 18, 09:47 PM posted to rec.photo.digital
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Default Switched from Windows to Linux on old netbook. What a difference

In article , Ken Hart
wrote:

Same here. I have several machines that are 10-15 years old, and
severely under-powered. They bogged down terribly with WinXP, but now
run great with Lubuntu (a light-weight version of Ubuntu).


Why bother about 10-15 years old computers when you can buy a new one
for 200 Euro?

If that is still too expensive, you could buy a Raspberry Pi and put
Linux on it.


I haven't done the Euro to Dollar conversion, but I haven't paid three
digits for any of my old computers.


then whatever you have is junk.

quality costs money.

Just because a widget is old is no reason to scrap it, especially if it
still works well enough to use.


then you must not be doing much.
 




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