On 19 February 2014 12:36, Jason White <[email protected]> wrote: > Toby Corkindale <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I was wondering how it'd go running a full version of Linux; just >> running a bunch of terminal emulators more of the time, and maybe >> Chromium from time to time. > > Obviously you would need to be very selective in what to install so as to > conserve resources. Start with a minimal installation, then add an X server, a > window manager of your choice, Chromium and a terminal emulator. One of the > smaller desktop environments (XFCE or LXDE) might work well, but some people > still prefer to run just a window manager rather than a full desktop where > hardware constraints are of concern.
Well, it has 16GB of storage, 2GB of RAM and a dual-core 1.7 GHz ARMv7 CPU, so it's not all that constrained. But I don't know how well the Linux distros actually support the hardware? Does it run reliably, or glitchy? It looks like a temptingly-cheap $300 lightweight laptop, but I guess if I'm asking questions about reliability, I should probably not get a laptop that's going to be yet another hack project. _______________________________________________ luv-main mailing list [email protected] http://lists.luv.asn.au/listinfo/luv-main
