Comments on: Hello Linux laptop! http://www.philemerson.com/uncategorized/hello-linux-laptop My personal website! :) Sat, 22 May 2010 22:19:00 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Phil http://www.philemerson.com/uncategorized/hello-linux-laptop/comment-page-1#comment-32 Phil Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:37:29 +0000 http://www.philemerson.com/?p=328#comment-32 Hi, nice to hear from you! What you said is very true indeed. The system resource monitor shows far lower consumption of CPU cycles that Windows did. (Windows was often peaking at 100% for no obvious reason during normal use). Although I can't use Office for work, on the whole OpenOffice is compatible enough for most of my needs and Wine works surprisingly well for some of my favourite software. I'm so happy that I made the switch! :) Hi, nice to hear from you!

What you said is very true indeed. The system resource monitor shows far lower consumption of CPU cycles that Windows did. (Windows was often peaking at 100% for no obvious reason during normal use).

Although I can’t use Office for work, on the whole OpenOffice is compatible enough for most of my needs and Wine works surprisingly well for some of my favourite software.

I’m so happy that I made the switch! :)

]]> By: Custom Distros http://www.philemerson.com/uncategorized/hello-linux-laptop/comment-page-1#comment-31 Custom Distros Sun, 14 Jun 2009 20:58:53 +0000 http://www.philemerson.com/?p=328#comment-31 One of the greatest benefits of using Linux is in the fact that the operating system as well as the apps are less resource intensive than in Windows. Installing Linux on an older laptop is the easiest way to breathe new life into older hardware. One of the greatest benefits of using Linux is in the fact that the operating system as well as the apps are less resource intensive than in Windows. Installing Linux on an older laptop is the easiest way to breathe new life into older hardware.

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