Re: After XP — OS alternatives for Samsung NP? Reply #50 – 2014-01-06, 18:07:40 ׂ Last Edit: 2014-04-24, 05:16:12 by j7n
Re: After XP — OS alternatives for Samsung NP? Reply #51 – 2014-01-06, 18:08:09 Quote from: Joshits button jerked like a nipple.I like nipples
Re: After XP — OS alternatives for Samsung NP? Reply #52 – 2014-01-06, 18:09:10 So, those are my hard's specs — now, I mean, what's the best to pick?(Krake, who don't!?)
Re: After XP — OS alternatives for Samsung NP? Reply #53 – 2014-01-06, 18:14:32 Quote from: j7n on 2014-01-06, 18:07:40When I bought a keyboard with a Power button, I had to pull it out and put a tape across the slot, because they put the Power button in place of the Print Screen key in an easily accessible place.That sucks!;)
Re: After XP — OS alternatives for Samsung NP? Reply #54 – 2014-01-06, 18:19:06 Quote from: j7n on 2014-01-06, 18:07:40Do you mean file associations by Metadata? (Which programs can open a file type.)He probably means IIM (IPTC) attributes in images or other media types.@JoshOf course you can.
Re: After XP — OS alternatives for Samsung NP? Reply #55 – 2014-01-06, 18:37:38 Quote from: Josh on 2014-01-06, 18:06:00And those "gigaherzes" then?That's more important, but ultimately not that important either. You could find an i3 that also runs at 1.6GHz and it'd be a lot faster. In any case, the specs look like Windows 8 as well as most LInux distros should work—for Windows, Microsoft released some kind of tool.It's the RAM I'm most worried about really. If you decide to go with Linux, you might want to look into zRAM.Quote from: Josh on 2014-01-06, 18:09:10So, those are my hard's specs — now, I mean, what's the best to pick?(Krake, who don't!? )Windows 7 ran poorly on my broken netbook with similar specs while Cinnamon, MATE, and Xfce ran quite nicely. But Windows 8 is technically an improvement over Windows 7—just not so much in the GUI.In any case, you can try various Linux distros without harming your system in any way. I suggest you take a look.
Re: After XP — OS alternatives for Samsung NP? Reply #56 – 2014-01-06, 19:44:01 Quote from: Frenzie on 2014-01-06, 18:37:38But Windows 8 is technically an improvement over Windows 7—just not so much in the GUI.But does it relate to XP - in terms of basic interface and customisation? (About the looks, I've already taken some look↑.)Quote from: Frenzie on 2014-01-06, 18:37:38In any case, you can try various Linux distros without harming your system in any way. I suggest you take a look. Thank you. Considering it:)
Re: After XP — OS alternatives for Samsung NP? Reply #57 – 2014-01-06, 19:53:10 ׂ Last Edit: 2014-04-24, 05:16:00 by j7n
Re: After XP — OS alternatives for Samsung NP? Reply #58 – 2014-01-06, 20:40:00 Quote from: j7n on 2014-01-06, 19:53:10...in any case...Not exactly so.See, flash video is now mostly played by WMP (except some formats), though another player is ok - even good - at it also.
Re: After XP — OS alternatives for Samsung NP? Reply #59 – 2014-01-07, 11:59:38 Quote from: LiLi siteLiLi 2.8.27 now supports :Fedora 20 "Heisenbug" Gnome/KDE/Xfce/LXDE/SoaS/DesignSabayon 14.01 KDE/Gnome/XfceLinux Mint 16 "Petra" (KDE/Xfce) DVDKali Linux 1.0.5Tails 0.22gNewSense 3.0 (GNOME)Voyager 13.10Gparted Live CD 0.17.0-1Parted MagicWho're all those guys?
LiveUSB Reply #62 – 2014-01-15, 09:00:17 Frans, will a SD card do the job, or should I have exactly a USB stick?
Re: After XP — OS alternatives for Samsung NP? Reply #63 – 2014-01-15, 10:40:30 I've never tried that, but I suppose it could work so long as your BIOS supports it.
Re: After XP — OS alternatives for Samsung NP? Reply #64 – 2014-01-15, 13:19:04 How could I know that?The system shows it similarly to any other ext.drive I use (USBs)...
Re: After XP — OS alternatives for Samsung NP? Reply #65 – 2014-01-15, 16:47:20 You'd probably need to set it as a boot device with higher priority than your HDD in your BIOS. Typically it's entered by pressing F2 or DEL.
Re: After XP — OS alternatives for Samsung NP? Reply #66 – 2014-01-15, 20:51:23 @JoshDo you know how to set boot devices?What are the programs and functions that you need running in the netbook?It so happens that two days ago I made an unexpected acquisition. My sister bought a new fancy laptop with Win8 and hence wanted to get rid of a Packard Bell netbook that matches your specs. The netbook had Win7 on it and it had become really slow. Just to get that netbook with Win7 up and connected to internet took literally half an hour. Granted, she had Skype and tons of adware/malware/viruses fighting for CPU power at startup, but still, it's a systemic fault too. I didn't try for long to speed up Win 7. I replaced it already with Linux distro called Manjaro Openbox 0.8.8. Boots up and gets connected in less than a minute now. This including the 5 seconds wait time at GRUB screen. Before installing Linux I tried it from bootable USB stick.Within the same two days, my sister has begun to hate her new laptop with Win 8 and is jealous of the netbook she gave to me I already modified it a bit. Manjaro Openbox is really minimalistic to begin with. I installed the battery icon and I modified the conky to display 24H clock. It didn't even have a web browser, so I installed Luakit. Luakit somewhat works on youtube. It displays some videos, not others, but fails at sound. As to sound, I installed tons of codecs, along with Mplayer and Vlc. Skype video and sound works. I installed Skype and tried. I made the touchpad scroll to work. Etc Last Edit: 2014-01-15, 21:09:35 by ersi
Re: After XP — OS alternatives for Samsung NP? Reply #67 – 2014-01-15, 21:30:19 ׂ Last Edit: 2014-04-24, 04:45:07 by j7n
Re: After XP — OS alternatives for Samsung NP? Reply #68 – 2014-01-16, 08:00:57 Quote from: ersi on 2014-01-15, 20:51:23Do you know how to set boot devices?No. I don't even know what that means...Quote from: j7n on 2014-01-15, 21:30:19...refreshing a clean XP package would, in my humble opinion...What do you mean?
Re: After XP — OS alternatives for Samsung NP? Reply #69 – 2014-01-16, 08:27:25 Quote from: Josh on 2014-01-16, 08:00:57Quote from: ersi on 2014-01-15, 20:51:23Do you know how to set boot devices?No. I don't even know what that means...As soon as you press the power button to start up your "nettop", begin beating F2 button frantically. A blue/gray screen presents itself. This is called BIOS. There you can move around with arrow keys, find the place where you can set the boot priorities. If you want to try other operating systems from USB stick, you will have to set USB HDD (in my netbook it was called this way) as the first priority.Quote from: Josh on 2014-01-16, 08:00:57Quote from: j7n on 2014-01-15, 21:30:19...refreshing a clean XP package would, in my humble opinion...What do you mean?I suppose he means reinstalling XP, if the current installation really poses troubles for you. But mostly he means, if the current XP poses no serious trouble for you, if it works for everything you need, just let it be.
Re: After XP — OS alternatives for Samsung NP? Reply #70 – 2014-01-16, 09:51:32 Quote from: ersi on 2014-01-16, 08:27:25As soon as you press the power button to start up your "nettop", begin beating F2 button frantically. A blue/gray screen presents itself. This is called BIOS.I have been there before.Hey, Frans!!! I really appreciated your "experimental" quote and even was about to propose a new name for it! It was very useful and comfy for me - get it back.:/
Re: After XP — OS alternatives for Samsung NP? Reply #71 – 2014-01-16, 09:54:50 Quote from: ersi on 2014-01-16, 08:27:25If you want to try other operating systems from USB stick, you will have to set USB HDD (in my netbook it was called this way) as the first priority.Is it so that the machine will start it at the boot instead of Windows or what?And... Is it likely that such testing could corrupt or otherwise interfere with the Windows? How does it work, literally?
Re: After XP — OS alternatives for Samsung NP? Reply #72 – 2014-01-16, 09:58:06 A LiveCD makes no changes to your computer unless you want it to. It simply loads an OS from a different location than your HDD.
Re: After XP — OS alternatives for Samsung NP? Reply #73 – 2014-01-16, 09:59:14 Quote from: Josh on 2014-01-16, 09:54:50Quote from: ersi on 2014-01-16, 08:27:25If you want to try other operating systems from USB stick, you will have to set USB HDD (in my netbook it was called this way) as the first priority.Is it so that the machine will start it at the boot instead of Windows or what?And... Is it likely that such testing could corrupt or otherwise interfere with the Windows? How does it work, literally?Exactly. When the boot order is changed, you will be booting up whatever is on the boot device (USB in this case) instead of what is installed in the netbook. This booting won't do anything to the installed operating system. It will only begin to do things when you attempt to install it, but there's a clear difference between booting-up-and-trying versus installing. You will absolutely know when new installation begins, even if you begin it accidentally. Things inside the computer will only begin to change when you are several steps into the installing procedure.
Re: After XP — OS alternatives for Samsung NP? Reply #74 – 2014-02-03, 15:42:32 Hey, guys! You said "Linux/(x)Ubuntu", but am I free to choose an appropriate languge version?I mean I hope nobody's tried to "localise" it - especially I hope no such localisation will be going to get enforced upon me.For example, this current XP I use is forced upon my Samsung calling itself "Russian", but I hate such "Russian". I'd prefer normal English version - even not British, but the customers service said it was not possible to change UI language...
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