A laptop. Selection and installation of the OS.
The first question that came up after buying a laptop (Lenovo R61i): which Linux distribution should I put there? (the fact that Vista will be removed without a trace was taken for granted).
I didn’t have to choose too long - at about the same time a new release of the Ubuntu distribution was released, which I really wanted to touch, and there were some pretty good impressions from previous releases of this distribution.
The installation went without any problems, the disk was divided according to its old habit:
“Out of the box” absolutely all equipment was defined, including the trackpoint, WiFi adapter, Bluetooth adapter, sound, video, and various clever combinations of keyboard buttons (turning on / off Bluetooth, adjusting the volume and screen brightness). And, which is nice, all this without using any “proprietary” drivers.
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Also, there were no problems with the modes suspend and hibernate - the laptop successfully falls asleep and wakes up.
The distribution contains everything you need for effective power management. From the repository, you can deliver a wonderful powertop utility, which can help in fine-tuning the system in order to extend battery life.
Of the small amenities I want to mention dimming the screen and reducing the brightness to a minimum with a long inactivity by the user.
If you turn off all the "decorations" like the three-dimensional effects of the window manager, then in the "typewriter" mode the laptop works for him 2.5-3 hours.
Connecting to various networks (wired and not so), thanks to NetworkManager, is easy and easy.
In general, my verdict is that Ubuntu remains on my laptop for a long time. :)
If someone has questions regarding the use of Ubuntu 8.04 and Linux in general on a laptop, I invite you to comment :)
Well, for the pleasure of bringing a screen with updated widgets in the style of Mac OS X:
I didn’t have to choose too long - at about the same time a new release of the Ubuntu distribution was released, which I really wanted to touch, and there were some pretty good impressions from previous releases of this distribution.
The installation went without any problems, the disk was divided according to its old habit:
- / boot - 256Mb
- swap - 1Gb
- / - 20Gb
- / home - all remaining space
“Out of the box” absolutely all equipment was defined, including the trackpoint, WiFi adapter, Bluetooth adapter, sound, video, and various clever combinations of keyboard buttons (turning on / off Bluetooth, adjusting the volume and screen brightness). And, which is nice, all this without using any “proprietary” drivers.
')
Also, there were no problems with the modes suspend and hibernate - the laptop successfully falls asleep and wakes up.
The distribution contains everything you need for effective power management. From the repository, you can deliver a wonderful powertop utility, which can help in fine-tuning the system in order to extend battery life.
Of the small amenities I want to mention dimming the screen and reducing the brightness to a minimum with a long inactivity by the user.
If you turn off all the "decorations" like the three-dimensional effects of the window manager, then in the "typewriter" mode the laptop works for him 2.5-3 hours.
Connecting to various networks (wired and not so), thanks to NetworkManager, is easy and easy.
In general, my verdict is that Ubuntu remains on my laptop for a long time. :)
If someone has questions regarding the use of Ubuntu 8.04 and Linux in general on a laptop, I invite you to comment :)
Well, for the pleasure of bringing a screen with updated widgets in the style of Mac OS X:
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/24724/
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