My kids learned to 'surf' on an old PC I didn't throw out having installed Linux.
I think that's about the time I switched to Firefox as well. I was on Opera at the time
As it was their first foray into playing on computers, so they had no computer memory muscle issues to overcome. My wife(now ex) tho didn't like it, as she grew up on Windows.
"Where are the files, what are these sda and sdb where's my C drive, where's My Pictures ... "
I'm pretty sure Ubuntu wasn't around in those days, so it may have been Mandrake or KDE can't recall.
I didn't use it much, just a curio.
I was going to build a NAS box out of another old piece of hardware I had about, but then did all the numbers(including power usage) and it just made more sense to buy a small NAS box which also served well under the TV as our media centre.
I have tried Ubuntu a long time ago .. maybe one day will do it again.
But I can't recall ever having issues installing anything with any of them.
Yesterday tho, it did take me a good 5 or so hours trying to get LineageOS installed on an old SGS5 with the Google apps compatibility.
So yeah, if they can make one for all 'app store' type repository for software, I'd reckon more folks would give it a go.
Originally Posted by
Pedro_The_Swift
SSD's,, still the biggest boost in computer speed ever.
all the new nvme's and fast ram in the world wont make the impact a simple hdd to ssd swap will.
and its a dead simple drop in thing.
Yes and no. Not always, but usually. And if it's a drop in update, then more than likely the fresh install of Windows will have made as much difference in speed.
Some computers can be made or come with decently fast HDDs, it just depends on which/what it is.
nvme will make the bigger difference over an SSD compared to a HDD tho. minimum 2-3x faster, and it depends on what exactly you're doing on the computer.
My PC is primarily for editing large RAW files off cameras, and with the raw images loaded on the nvme, the difference in editing speed is more marked than if I store them on the plain jane 2.5" SSD.
SSD tops out at 500Mb/s, whereas the nvme tops out at just shy of 1500MB/s. It's all older gen hardware now tho, maybe 6 or more years.
Son's more recent PC with it's billion MB/s nvme drive rockets by comparison to mine if I do the same photo edits on it.
I think we recorded a 4 second Windows boot time(no log on) on his just after we finished it.
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