Re: Joy of this, Joy of that

On Fri, 13 Dec 2024, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:

On 12/12/24 3:22 AM, rbowman wrote:

On Thu, 12 Dec 2024 03:07:45 -0500, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:
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    Had an EEEpc ... great little unit ! Then I dropped it off a ladder
    while aligning a security camera  :-(

 I've still got mine. The OEM OS wouldn't handle WPA2 so I sidelined it.
Earlier this year I got it up and running with Q4OS after a couple of
failed installs when it ran out of room. The Trinity desktop is
lightweight and being a KDE derivative has the Windows XP feel the
original Linux had.
 I jumped on it when it first came out as something small and cheap enough
to stuff into a motorcycle saddlebag.

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 Exactly - and I've had many motorcycles.
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 Don't/won't own a 'smartphone' - and at my age it's
 hard to focus on tiny text. Small laptops are ideal.
 Sometimes people tell me to just use Their App for
 some kind of online services ... I pull out my
 cheapo flip phone, end of discussion  :-)

I'm not even your age, but I agree completely. I have a nokia 110 4g, and it is perfect! Lasts me about 1.5 weeks without charging it.
The only drawback is that I cannot use Uber so I pay 3-4x for a taxi the regular way. =(

 I see flips have made a COMEBACK. There's an increasing
 segment who wants 'simple' and to-the-point without all
 the BS. The lid over the main screen is a big plus too.

The ones that are appearing where I am are sadly enormous "fake" flip phones that ru nfull blown android or kaios. Very crappy products and contain just as much surveillance tech as a smart phone.
Nokia sold their dumdphone business to HMD, and I suspect HMD will shut it down within a few years.
The only thing I miss on my Nokia is wifi hotspot, which is convenient when travelling, but it is not a must have feature.

 The EEEpc was affordable and JUST big enough and the
 performance was 'ok'. Used it for many years. Linux made
 it MUCH better and faster. Alas did not make it immune
 to gravity .......
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 I think I made a VM out of Q4OS but never really did much
 with it. Desktops - LXDE if possible, XFCE if not. Like
 them lean and mean without 'eye candy' and such crap.
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 Anyway, today, there are a number of lower-end Dells and
 HPs that are fair replacements for the EEEpc. With Win

Are there any ones at around 10" to 11"? I loved my macbook air 11.6". Perfect size for me. Sadly it was cancelled, so now I have a 14" ASUS, which is really a bit too big for me.

 they suck, with Lin they LIVE. Had to replace the batt
 in one of my Dells recently though - the thing was
 getting WAY too hot during charging and would never
 quite fully charge. However the batt was fairly cheap,
 WITH the Dell name, and EZ to replace.
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