12-07-2017, 02:27 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-08-2017, 02:58 PM by newtusmaximus.)
br1anstorm, THkans for the info.
I am sure there are other distros around. The difference her is that LL has an active and successful support forum. Members, for the most part, are linux newbies and as a result their transition has been made possible by J & the team's philosophy.
My concern is that, because of the diktat of others, LL broad appeal might be curtailed.
What is unique about LL is their approach, and the very "audience" the aim to attract/support are likely to be turned away because of the whim of others.
There is a reason there was a vast following of XP. - It worked, and the hardware needed was modest, reliably built for the most part, and effective. for example, I was at a UK supermarket ATM ( cash machine / "hole in the wall" ) the other day when it had a fault and rebooted. To my surprise it went through an XP boot procedure!!
Vista, thank heavens, is gone.
Windows 7 is coming to the end of its life. Not sure whether there are any records of what % of installs were 32bit. Take the point that a fair number of 32 bit might have been habbit, although I seem to remember that there were 64 bit driver issues for some older periphery hardware.
An interesting Info site https://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_os.asp for schools. Linux is gradually gaining hold.
I am sure there are other distros around. The difference her is that LL has an active and successful support forum. Members, for the most part, are linux newbies and as a result their transition has been made possible by J & the team's philosophy.
My concern is that, because of the diktat of others, LL broad appeal might be curtailed.
What is unique about LL is their approach, and the very "audience" the aim to attract/support are likely to be turned away because of the whim of others.
There is a reason there was a vast following of XP. - It worked, and the hardware needed was modest, reliably built for the most part, and effective. for example, I was at a UK supermarket ATM ( cash machine / "hole in the wall" ) the other day when it had a fault and rebooted. To my surprise it went through an XP boot procedure!!
Vista, thank heavens, is gone.
Windows 7 is coming to the end of its life. Not sure whether there are any records of what % of installs were 32bit. Take the point that a fair number of 32 bit might have been habbit, although I seem to remember that there were 64 bit driver issues for some older periphery hardware.
An interesting Info site https://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_os.asp for schools. Linux is gradually gaining hold.
2006 - HP DC7700p ultraslim Desktop Intel 6300 cpu 4GB Ram LL3.8 64bit.
2007 - Fujitsu Siemens V3405 Laptop 2 GB Ram LL3.6 32bit. Now 32bit Debian 9 + nonfree.
2006 - Fujitsu Siemens Si1520 Laptop Intel T720 cpu 3GB Ram LL5.6 64 Bit
2014 - Fujitsu Siemens Lifebook E754 Intel i7 4712MQ 16GB Ram LL6.6
2003 - RETIRED Toshiba Satellite Pro A10 1 GB RAM LL2.8 32bit
2007 - Fujitsu Siemens V3405 Laptop 2 GB Ram LL3.6 32bit. Now 32bit Debian 9 + nonfree.
2006 - Fujitsu Siemens Si1520 Laptop Intel T720 cpu 3GB Ram LL5.6 64 Bit
2014 - Fujitsu Siemens Lifebook E754 Intel i7 4712MQ 16GB Ram LL6.6
2003 - RETIRED Toshiba Satellite Pro A10 1 GB RAM LL2.8 32bit