[TriLUG] Desktop build?

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SSD: GEAR idea. You can now get 120 GB for $25 or less.  You might need an adapter to mount the SSD in  a HDD slot. That's plenty big enough. Use the "left over" drive for relatively fast, internal backups.

-- Roger Broseus
Pls excuse auto-correction induzed tiepos.
The inventor of autocorrect has passed away - may he restaurant in peas.

-----Original Message-----
From: Wes Garrison via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
To: Chris Bickhaus <bick at bickhaus.net>, Triangle Linux Users Group General Discussion <trilug at trilug.org>
Sent: Sat, 04 Dec 2021 11:59 PM
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Desktop build?

I prefer Mate to XFCE, as it looks and feels a bit more modern, but both
are pretty lightweight and very usable.

Both are continuations of the old Gnome2 codebase, and use most of the
keyboard shortcuts that Windows users are familiar with, so if you're a
heavy keyboard user coming from Windows this is a plus.

With 4GB of RAM, either should be fine.  If you can find an old SSD, even a
"slow" SATA SSD, that would make a world of difference.

On Sat, Dec 4, 2021 at 5:26 PM Chris Bickhaus via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
wrote:

> I would look at Ubuntu Mate.  Not quite as light as XFCE, but still
> somewhat light (they recommend 4GB Ram and require 1 GB).  It has some
> other things going for it too though.  The developers spend a lot of time
> on look, feel, consistency, and ease of use.  It now sports its own version
> of the Yaru theme used by standard Ubuntu, so it looks modern, has a great
> welcome center that will helps with discovery and installation of popular
> software, etc.
>
> https://ubuntu-mate.org/
>
> Chris Bickhaus
>
> > On Dec 4, 2021, at 3:31 PM, Roger W. Broseus via TriLUG <
> trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
> >
> > Xubuntu is good. It use the less resource intensive XFCE interface and
> has worked for me for over a decade.  I like to add the Mate system
> monitor. I'll tell you whatta good job Linux does a memory management. Just
> for fun, I opened
> >
> >   The Gimp
> >   Thunderbird
> >   Chrome
> >   Firefox
> >   Filezilla with 11 tabs open
> >   System Monitor
> >   Using 3.7 GB of RAM, zero Swap.
> >
> > Closed down to one tab in FF and usage dropped to 2.8 GB!
> >
> > I got more speed by building a new system <
> https://bronord.com/pics/pc.build/> with an AMD Rhyzen-7 processor, nvme
> SSD on the mother board, faster RAM. That was to facilitate photo editing
> and relive GAS (Gear Accumulation Syndrome).
> >
> >  Good luck.
> >
> > --
> > Roger W. Broseus - Linux User
> >    Email: RogerB at bronord.com
> >    Web Site: www.bronord.com
> >
> >> On 12/4/21 4:18 PM, Z-man via TriLUG wrote:
> >> I have an older laptop with 4 gig of Ram running Winblows 7. Does anyone
> >> have suggestions on which desktop version I should use? I am most
> familiar
> >> with Ubuntu.
> >
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