[nmglug] System Requirements;

[Ted Pomeroy]

NMGKugers,
Akkana Peck writes: "My last laptop is a Celeron from about 2015 with 2G RAM
(it cost less than $200 when it was new, and came with Linux).
It's still quite usable and responsive with a lightweight
window manager (Openbox).  Firefox takes a while to start up but
runs fine once it's up; same with programs like LibreOffice and
qgis. Just don't run a big desktop and don't try to run several
big programs at once.... I've tried to install Linux on
a few older machines with <2G and that doesn't seem to be enough to
run a modern browser without big lags -- presumably swapping.
We have several Raspberry Pi 3 workstations at Los Alamos Makers
(1Gb) and they work okay for learning programming languages like
Python and Scratch and Arduino, but the browser (I think they use
chromium) is quite laggy."
While we who are familiar can establish work arounds or do our programming
it is noted that the deficits of the machines described are clear and, like
old shoes, comfortable by daily use and adjustment.
I agree with Jared on this, we are not doing a friendly outreach or being
encouraging to new normal users if we insist they make accommodations from
the start. Alas, the old machines are good enough for programming and doing
math, but for today's Internet and user expectations, No, not good enough.
Thank you, Ted P.

On Fri, Feb 7, 2020 at 8:51 AM Akkana Peck <akkana at shallowsky.com> wrote:

> > > On Feb 6 2020 4:35 PM, Ted Pomeroy wrote:
> > > > NMGLugers, What do you consider system requirements in 2020?
>
> > On Thu, Feb 6, 2020 at 7:06 PM ABQLUG <community at abqlug.com> wrote:
> > > In general I suggest getting a new laptop if you are on the 2nd core
> > > generation (Sandy Bridge) or older. If you are on a Celeron or Pentium
>
> Ted Pomeroy writes:
> > NMGLugers & Jared, Thank you. Yes, an adequate CPU and about 8 GB ram
> seem
> > required these days as the Internet has more embedded video and scripts
> of
>
> It really depends on what you do and what desktop environment you
> prefer. My last laptop is a Celeron from about 2015 with 2G RAM
> (it cost less than $200 when it was new, and came with Linux).
> It's still quite usable and responsive with a lightweight
> window manager (Openbox). Firefox takes a while to start up but
> runs fine once it's up; same with programs like LibreOffice and
> qgis. Just don't run a big desktop and don't try to run several
> big programs at once.
>
> That might be the limit, though. I've tried to install Linux on
> a few older machines with <2G and that doesn't seem to be enough to
> run a modern browser without big lags -- presumably swapping.
> We have several Raspberry Pi 3 workstations at Los Alamos Makers
> (1Gb) and they work okay for learning programming languages like
> Python and Scratch and Arduino, but the browser (I think they use
> chromium) is quite laggy.
>
>         ...Akkana
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