that is great to hear, alan. it really annoys me that my current laptop, a mere 6 years old, is reaching the end of its life because it's not possible to further upgrade the operating system. i remember a while back talk of the 50 year old laptop, & that is what i aspire to have!
h : ) On 22/03/16 5:25 53PM, Alan Sondheim wrote: > > Hi - possibly slightly off the specs, but I use Mint on an old netbook > with 2 g ram etc. from around 2010 and it runs fine, some troubles > with windows, but even runs a version of Second Life. I have linux on > two old Sharp Zauruses from around 2000-2002 that I still use because > of specialized software, no problem. So just about any laptop with 4g > ram made in the last, say, 3 years, should do really well. > > - Alan > > On Tue, 22 Mar 2016, marc garrett 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, M?nchen, November-Dezember 2015 >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> >> > > == > email archive http://sondheim.rupamsunyata.org/ > web http://www.alansondheim.org / cell 718-813-3285 > music: http://www.espdisk.com/alansondheim/ > current text http://www.alansondheim.org/tv.txt > == -- helen varley jamieson he...@creative-catalyst.com <mailto:he...@creative-catalyst.com> http://www.creative-catalyst.com http://www.upstage.org.nz /Unaussprechbarlich/, München, November-Dezember 2015 <http://unaussprechbarlich.tumblr.com/>
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