Hey Guys, I have three computers in regular use.
1/. I keep XP Pro on a CAD station built for me many years (10?) ago to run
3D CAD SolidWorks 10 - it has never seen the internet so needs no AV and is
just so fast! Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q8300 @ 2.5GHz 4.0GB RAM. It also
runs Serif PagePlus and PhotoPlus.
2/. Have bought Dell Latitude E6420 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2640M CPU @ 2.8GHz
x 4 with 7.7GiB RAM dual boot with ubuntu 16 and Win10. Runs Epiphany and
Midori plus DuckDuckGo. GMX free Webmail and Geary mail, Shotwell,
Screenshot, Libre Office, FocusWriter, Gimp and Serif PhotoPlus windows
software on Linux - the better of the two! FreeCAD etc. Life is good now.
Favourite toy at moment is Tails 4.2.2 on a stick packing Tor Browser; so
fast and silent that I keep forgetting that I am only in RAM
3/. Perhaps strangely I find that I am using my rescued (from Vista) HP
G60-120EM Intel(R) Core(TM) Duo 2.00Ghz 3.00 GB RAM ruining Trisquel
GNU-Linux 8. I do not know if this because of the full English keyboard,
number pad, scroll bar, larger screen or Trisquel OS. I think I just love
Trisquel – even using Ffox - Abrowser again as it is set up so nice out of
the box.
It used to be said that certain software like 3D CAD and CAM could only make
use of or address so much defined RAM given also at the time and probably
still so, only one OS. Would it then be okay to drop ubuntu on the Dell
Latitude E6420 and install a lighter Linux like Trisquel 9 or a medium OS
like MX? Would this lead to known issues running FreeCAD or running wine
dependent windows programmes?
Could some of the more knowledgeable community members get my head in better
shape regarding OS vs Software vs RAM vs Swap, issues – please? Light or
Heavy, David vs Goliath,
Mini Monte Carlo Rally, Lotus vs US Lard etc.
