Hi everyone,
Here's another vintage mechanical pencil review: the Parker Duofold, patented in 1916!
2.11.2019
Windows goes out with a #!...Part 2
Hi everyone!
If you've been with me for a while, you might remember my post from July 2012 when I proudly announced I had installed CrunchBang Linux 10 on my 2004 IBM ThinkPad X31.
That computer had a 1.something GHz Pentium M with 512MB of RAM and an almost-dead <80GB IDE hard drive...but it was my gateway into the wonderful world of Linux.
Fast-forwarding to 2019, I've got a small Chromebook running GalliumOS (a Chromebook-optimized distro built from Xubuntu), and have been enjoying using it for everything from web browsing to video editing (though it's pretty slow for that task). However, the limited <16GB onboard storage and somewhat substandard performance make it unsuitable for a "desktop replacement" PC. So my thoughts turned to my other PC, a 2012 Lenovo ThinkPad X220 Tablet that I got a few years ago.
I got this computer (with an i5 and 4GB of RAM) from Newegg to use as a "light note-taking PC" (which I never ended up using it for). The Windows 7 Pro it had made it very useful for running legacy applications, and I didn't want to totally wipe it to make way for Linux.
(The impetus for this whole move was Microsoft ending support for Win7 next year, and I'm not about to install Windows 10 on anything I own.)
So, I just got a cheap SSD to eliminate all risk of damaging the Windows 7 installation with a dual-boot, and installed Linux on that.
And of course, I chose the community-driven successor to CrunchBang, BunsenLabs Linux. It looks almost identical, using Openbox as a window manager. With an SSD, it just flies. Very enjoyable to use! And now that I have more of an understanding of the underlying principles of Linux, I can navigate around and edit config files much better than I ever could in high school.
A screenshot of that old blog post on that PC's successor:
It's great to be back.
If you've been with me for a while, you might remember my post from July 2012 when I proudly announced I had installed CrunchBang Linux 10 on my 2004 IBM ThinkPad X31.
That computer had a 1.something GHz Pentium M with 512MB of RAM and an almost-dead <80GB IDE hard drive...but it was my gateway into the wonderful world of Linux.
Fast-forwarding to 2019, I've got a small Chromebook running GalliumOS (a Chromebook-optimized distro built from Xubuntu), and have been enjoying using it for everything from web browsing to video editing (though it's pretty slow for that task). However, the limited <16GB onboard storage and somewhat substandard performance make it unsuitable for a "desktop replacement" PC. So my thoughts turned to my other PC, a 2012 Lenovo ThinkPad X220 Tablet that I got a few years ago.
I got this computer (with an i5 and 4GB of RAM) from Newegg to use as a "light note-taking PC" (which I never ended up using it for). The Windows 7 Pro it had made it very useful for running legacy applications, and I didn't want to totally wipe it to make way for Linux.
(The impetus for this whole move was Microsoft ending support for Win7 next year, and I'm not about to install Windows 10 on anything I own.)
So, I just got a cheap SSD to eliminate all risk of damaging the Windows 7 installation with a dual-boot, and installed Linux on that.
And of course, I chose the community-driven successor to CrunchBang, BunsenLabs Linux. It looks almost identical, using Openbox as a window manager. With an SSD, it just flies. Very enjoyable to use! And now that I have more of an understanding of the underlying principles of Linux, I can navigate around and edit config files much better than I ever could in high school.
A screenshot of that old blog post on that PC's successor:
New Video: The Sharp PC-5741, a 1990 DOS Laptop
Hi everyone,
I've had this computer in my collection for a while, and finally made a video showcasing it.
Ever wondered how to access the Internet (via a terminal emulator and a Raspberry Pi) with an old DOS laptop? Or what a picture taken on a '97 Sony Mavica MVC-FD7 looks like on a grayscale display?
Even if you didn't, you might find this look at "just another DOS laptop" enjoyable. I certainly had fun making the video.
If the above didn't work, the link is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LN5NhVM6g2M
(Side note: This was edited on a bottom-of-the-line Celeron-based Chromebook (the Asus C202SA), which I installed Linux on (GalliumOS, based on Xubuntu), in Kdenlive. The program may have crashed a few times, and it may have taken about 2 1/2 hours to render a 15 minute video (with a couple unfortunate glitches), but it's certainly way more than this humble Chromebook would have been able to hope for if it had its stock ChromeOS installed.)\
I've had this computer in my collection for a while, and finally made a video showcasing it.
Ever wondered how to access the Internet (via a terminal emulator and a Raspberry Pi) with an old DOS laptop? Or what a picture taken on a '97 Sony Mavica MVC-FD7 looks like on a grayscale display?
Even if you didn't, you might find this look at "just another DOS laptop" enjoyable. I certainly had fun making the video.
(Side note: This was edited on a bottom-of-the-line Celeron-based Chromebook (the Asus C202SA), which I installed Linux on (GalliumOS, based on Xubuntu), in Kdenlive. The program may have crashed a few times, and it may have taken about 2 1/2 hours to render a 15 minute video (with a couple unfortunate glitches), but it's certainly way more than this humble Chromebook would have been able to hope for if it had its stock ChromeOS installed.)\
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