On Tue, 18 Oct 2011 10:53:44 +0000 (UTC), Parko

<boybb_at_privacy.invalid> wrote:

<snip good stuff>

>> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5772409/Dell%20Inspiron%202650.jpg

>> 

>> Unity / Linux feels quite a bit slower than XP (apart from starting up

>> of course). ;-)

>

>Don't use Ubuntu I use Mint. 

I'm going that way I have to admit.

>Unity is in my opinion an abomination.

It's very different that's for sure.

> Been 

>playing with Gnome 3.2 - KDE is my normal DE as resources aren't an issue 

>for my machine.

K

>

>> Puppy is much faster than both.

>

>Because the OS loads itself into RAM.

I know. Clever isn't it.

> A trick that PCLinuxOS can perform 

>with a full install, rather than running off a CD etc

As std or something you have to invoke somehow?

>

>> 

>> Cheers, T i m

>

>Cheers, 'Happy'

The laptop was given to me faulty by my mate and it used to belong to

his Mrs. I got a new graphics card and once that seemed ok a new

battery. I re-installed XP but also wanted a Linux on there and the

only thing that would run was Puppy. I've since got 11.10 on there as

well and because the previous owner was called 'Joy' I thought 'Happy'

was fitting. ;-)

Cheers, T i m