Robin
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Post by Robin on Apr 28, 2023 17:13:45 GMT
Hi!
I'm not totally brand new to Linux, but totally new to Bodhi and Moksha. It's definitely different, and very satisfying so far for my minimal needs. I haven't even read the Wiki yet, so I'll save my silly questions for later if I can't find the answers by the usual self-help means.
Bodhi seems to use a lot less resources than my usual Xfce-based favorites (MX, Mint Xfce, Xubuntu, and Linux Lite). But stuff is verrrry slow to launch. But I expected that anyway since I loaded it to an ancient Toshiba Satellite - one step up from an abacus. The fact that it runs at all is fantastic!
I'll be sure to post more after I have done some reading on my own.
Thanks!
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Post by enigma9o7 on Apr 28, 2023 20:52:39 GMT
Welcome to Bodhi....
SSD are SUPER cheap these days. It's worth the $20 for a 128GB drive, best upgrade you'll ever make (to a machine using a spinning disk).
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Post by Hippytaff on Apr 28, 2023 21:55:49 GMT
Welcome to the forums and community. Nice to see another ancient machine brought back to life.
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Post by oscarb75 on Apr 28, 2023 23:02:07 GMT
Welcome to Bodhi.... SSD are SUPER cheap these days. It's worth the $20 for a 128GB drive, best upgrade you'll ever make (to a machine using a spinning disk). It's 110% right! I've upgraded many PCs and laptops with an SSD, and the performance boost is incredible, above all with old rigs. I have many Core2Duo that I'm using every week ( a Toshiba Satellite 17 inches, two ThinkPads and an Acer Extensa 5220 ) and the combination SSD+Bodhi works great. I paid 9 euro for a 128gb SSD at AliExpress. It's like 2 beers. |
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Post by xpistian on Apr 29, 2023 5:34:18 GMT
Welcome to Bodhi.... SSD are SUPER cheap these days. It's worth the $20 for a 128GB drive, best upgrade you'll ever make (to a machine using a spinning disk). It's 110% right! I've upgraded many PCs and laptops with an SSD, and the performance boost is incredible, above all with old rigs. I have many Core2Duo that I'm using every week ( a Toshiba Satellite 17 inches, two ThinkPads and an Acer Extensa 5220 ) and the combination SSD+Bodhi works great. I paid 9 euro for a 128gb SSD at AliExpress. It's like 2 beers. I'll second (or third) that. |
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Post by thewaiter on Apr 29, 2023 5:39:03 GMT
I have bought 512 GB SSD (28 €) a week ago for my mother's Acer Inspire 3810T with Intel Solo, 1,4 GHz. My first target was cloning HDD to SSD but it failed with clonezilla (bad sectors) as well as with hardware cloning device. Anyway, I had to reinstall W7 and Bodhi from scratch. Result: fully usable 14 yo machine to mother's happiness.
Stefan
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Robin
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Post by Robin on Apr 29, 2023 11:00:21 GMT
Great idea! I'll get right on that. Thanks!
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Post by oscarb75 on Apr 29, 2023 13:11:23 GMT
I have bought 512 GB SSD (28 €) a week ago for my mother's Acer Inspire 3810T with Intel Solo, 1,4 GHz. My first target was cloning HDD to SSD but it failed with clonezilla (bad sectors) as well as with hardware cloning device. Anyway, I had to reinstall W7 and Bodhi from scratch. Result: fully usable 14 yo machine to mother's happiness. Stefan On Windows, I use Disk Genius for OS Migration, Disk Cloning and partition management, and I never had problem. Many "payware" software do not let you migrate the OS ( it´s a "Premium" feature! ). Wich app for Linux would you use for it? If your mothers laptop has 4gb ram, you could think about upgrading to Win10. With a couple of tweaks, it should work ok. |
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Robin
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Post by Robin on Apr 29, 2023 14:52:39 GMT
I hate Windows. I would probably use SystemBack to simply copy my existing OS (settings and stuff included) onto the new drive. I use it instead of Timeshift for exactly that reason. |
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Post by Sharp on Apr 29, 2023 18:02:38 GMT
Welcome to the forum and Bodhi!
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Post by oscarb75 on Apr 30, 2023 17:23:54 GMT
I hate Windows. I would probably use SystemBack to simply copy my existing OS (settings and stuff included) onto the new drive. I use it instead of Timeshift for exactly that reason. Thank you! I will give it a try. |
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