[ale] [EXTERNAL] Linux on 6GB Dell notebook?

[Boris Borisov]

Linux had moved long way. From be able to run kernel and shell in 2 MB to
would it run in 6GB.

On Mon, Nov 15, 2021, 11:48 Scott Plante via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:

> Our regular waitress/bartender had a Windows laptop that was super-slow.
> It was one of those underpowered sealed ones very hard to upgrade, and she
> couldn't afford a new one. She was not technically adept, so I was a bit
> worried about a regular Linux installation. It had 2GB RAM and a 30GB SSD.
> I tried to re-install a fresh current Windows version, and it didn't have
> the resources to even do the install. I ended up using this free packaging
> of the open source Chromium OS (which is the basis of ChromeOS).
>
> https://www.neverware.com/freedownload
>
> It performed fairly well as long as not too many tabs were open, and did
> what she needed it to do without a lot of help from me going forward.
> ChromiumOS is basically a limited Linux distribution, of course. You might
> consider it for this laptop.
>
> Scott
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 15, 2021 at 9:25 AM Allen Beddingfield via Ale <ale at ale.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Do they really need 500GB?  If not, order one of the $19.99 120GB SSDs
>> from Amazon, and slap that in there.  That's pretty much my go-to on every
>> computer I touch these days that still has a spinning disk.  There are
>> disassembly videos on Youtube for opening up pretty much any model out
>> there.
>> Allen B.
>>
>> ________________________________________
>> From: Ale <ale-bounces at ale.org> on behalf of Neal Rhodes via Ale <
>> ale at ale.org>
>> Sent: Monday, November 15, 2021 8:22 AM
>> To: ale at ale.org
>> Cc: neal at mnopltd.com
>> Subject: [EXTERNAL] [ale] Linux on 6GB Dell notebook?
>>
>> So, Thanks for the advice on helping friend with virus scan on their 6gb
>> Dell notebook.
>>
>> I think that got it to the point of occasionally running ok, but also
>> often needing more than 6GB for Win 10, and starting to thrash.
>>
>> It's one of those Dells without a RAM door on the bottom.
>>
>> The recommendation from HL computer was to swap the drive with a 500GB
>> SSD, and virus scan the new drive.  They wanted $260 for that.
>>
>> I'm seeing Walmart is peddling an HP I3 with 8GB RAM, 220GB SSD for $270
>> this week.
>>
>> Which is actually a better proposition.  Friend's finances are limited.
>>
>> I'm debating telling him I'll give him $100 for the old notebook and
>> reformat it for linux.   Likely Ubuntu.
>>
>> Guessing Ubuntu will run fine in 6GB.
>>
>> It's been a couple of years since I did that.  Are there new hurdles
>> with doing a fresh install?  EUFI?  What about audio?  Audacity?
>> TeamViewer? Ultimaker Cura?   Zoom?
>>
>> regards,
>>
>> Neal
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