Are you really sure that you need a DVD drive? They're becoming increasingly uncommon on laptops. I recently updated my laptop to a Toshiba Satellite S55T-B5150. I'm running Ubuntu and everything works well and it's super fast. It comes with 16gb of ram which is not upgradeable and there's no DVD option. 16gb is plenty for me and it comes with an ssd drive which really helps with the speed.
Synfig Studio (http://www.synfig.org/cms/) is a good vector-based animation package that is easy to use. Pall On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 10:45 AM marc garrett <marc.garre...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Helen, > > What size laptop are you after? > > marc > > On 22 March 2016 at 13:41, helen varley jamieson < > he...@creative-catalyst.com> wrote: > >> hi everyone, >> i am seeking advice on 2 questions: >> >> firstly, i need to upgrade my laptop & have decided to make the >> transition to linux. mint has been recommended to me for the OS. does >> anyone out there have any advice regarding choice of hardware? ideally i >> want a small laptop with a dvd drive, ethernet port, & separate audio in & >> out ports. >> >> secondly, i'm working on an installation which includes projected >> animated text. previously i've done this in a basic but effective way with >> powerpoint. this time, i want more control over the animations than >> powerpoint allows, and it needs to be a looping video as it's going to be >> left running on its own. can anyone recommend a good software for text >> animation? (preferably open source). >> >> all ideas much appreciated, >> h : ) >> -- >> helen varley jamieson >> he...@creative-catalyst.com >> http://www.creative-catalyst.com >> http://www.upstage.org.nz >> >> >> *Unaussprechbarlich*, München, November-Dezember 2015 >> <http://unaussprechbarlich.tumblr.com/> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> NetBehaviour mailing list >> NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org >> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >> > > > > -- > -- > > Marc Garrett > Co-Founder, Co-Director and main editor of Furtherfield. > > Furtherfield - A living, breathing, thriving network > http://www.furtherfield.org - for art, technology and social change since > 1996 > > Furtherfield Gallery & Commons, > Finsbury Park, London N4 2NQ > T +44(0)208 802 1301/+44(0)208 802 2827 > M +44(0)7533676047 > www.furtherfield.org <http://www.furtherfield.org> > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour -- P Thayer, Artist http://pallthayer.dyndns.org
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