You unintentionally did a very nice thing. I belong to a local Hindu temple: Chinmaya Mission. The Chinmaya Mission is worldwide. There is a chartable arm called www.cordusa.org They provide free schooling, nursing schools, orphanages, farming expertise, micro loans, etc. Some 65% of rural India is illiterate, has no electricity, running water , etc. I'll forward the info on the Raspberry PI to our US coordinator. The Raspberry PI is something that might be very useful in schools in rural India. You did your good deed for the day.
Blessings On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 5:27 PM, Tyrell Jentink <tyr...@jentink.net> wrote: > I feel a strong need to clarify your intent... You DO intend to have a > storage device, right? > > Because "Sans hard drive" and "Solid State" don't NECESSARILY add up to > "I'm using a Solid State Disk..." > > The way I see it, there are two ways of interpreting your request: > > 1) You are buying a computer that has had the hard drive removed (Or, > possibly one that never had a hard drive to begin with), and the intent is > to boot the device off of a thumb drive or possibly the network (PXE > Boot). This would be "Solid state," in that it has no moving parts, but > the entire OS gets loaded into RAM, and a USB or network storage device is > used for all permanent storage. IN WHICH CASE, you will want to optimize > you're system for high network throughput, and you probably WON'T want to > use KDE. I do NOT assume this is what you are after, because that is a > pretty big undertaking for a Linux beginner. > > 2) You are buying a computer that has a Solid State Disk (Or your buying a > computer that matches the above description, and you intend to ADD a solid > state disk). From the OS installation and hardware provisioning > perspective, this approach is nearly indiscernible from an installation on > a Hard Disk Drive (Although, there are File System optimizations for Solid > State disks, like "Trim,"and others have touched on that). > > With regard to your choice of KDE as your desktop environment: KDE has long > been my Desktop Environment of choice... I have been using it since the > KDE2 days, and I find it to be functional to my needs, and I find it to be > stable. But people looking for simplicity and high performance are usually > NOT drawn to KDE, citing that KDE has an emphasis on pretty effects and > Windows-like UI elements, over tried-and-tested technologies and > interoperability; KDE is arguably one of the most bloated, system resource > intensive desktop environments available; I wouldn't try running it on a > Raspberry Pi, for example. I would probably not try running it with Option > 1 above, either. > > Even Gnome, which has been getting heavier and has been becoming > increasingly controversial with regard to features, still has a reputation > for being more stable and higher performance. Even so, I STILL wouldn't run > it on a Raspberry Pi, although it might be acceptable in Option 1 above. > > LXDE and XFCE are still the kings of light system resource utilization and > high performance, and have far fewer parts to fail. Tinkerers tend to like > LXDE in particular for it's high customization. LXDE is what I use on my > Raspberry Pi, and if I ever get around to playing with PXE booting, I would > probably use it there, too. > > I'm not trying to sway you from your decision; After all, I'm a KDE user, > and I want EVERYONE to agree with me that it is the best... I just want to > make sure you have thought this through, and aren't just basing your > opinion on screenshots. There's really nothing wrong with giving KDE a go, > and if you dislike it, change up later... I just hate to see people get > stuck in a routine before exploring the playing field. > > -- > Tyrell Jentink > > On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 4:32 PM, Wayne E. Van Loon <w...@pacifier.com> > wrote: > > > Paul: > > I recently installed Slackware 14.1 KDE on a SanDisk Extreme Pro 2.5" > > 240GB SATA III SSD. Works fine, just like a magnetic drive. > > Wayne > > > > On 02/05/2016 10:02 AM, Vedanta Teacher wrote: > > > Everyone, > > > > > > I was thinking of picking up a solid state lap top with no physical > HD > > > and installing KDE/Plasma. From what I've read and heard KDE is a > > > bit resource hungry but its been around a long time and the support > > > seems stable. > > > > > > I don't know if there are issues installing KDE on a solid state. > > > > > > I was looking for a clean, no clutter, no hassle OS and desktop > > > (please God no more dancing paper clips..) and KDE seemed a > > > good choice as well as having custom settings. I thought about > > > FreeBSD I just haven't had time to research it. > > > > > > I already have multiple computers: > > > #1: ASUS laptop in Ubuntu Unity 14.04 > > > #2: HP solid state in win 8.x > > > #3: HP all in one in win 8.x > > > #4: Lenovo laptop (think pad) in win 7.x (I may reformat and convert to > > > Mint) > > > > > > And yes, I do like to tinker, that's why I like F.O.S.S. > > > I'm not phrasing this correctly but I'm looking for a OS/desktop for > > > a mature adult. I don't need or want pop up adds for rap videos, womens > > > kickers , hand holding or the like. > > > > > > Blessings, > > > Paul > > > _______________________________________________ > > > PLUG mailing list > > > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > PLUG mailing list > > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
