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linuxmint7 last edited by
My trusty old system
HP (Compaq) nc6320 laptop
4GB RAM
Intel Core Duo 7200 2Ghz
Intel GMA 945 (GFX)
15" (1024 x 768) LCD screen
120GB HDD
Windows 7 32bit
My new/er laptop
Dell Inspiron 15
4GB RAM
Intel Core i3 (4010U) 1.7Ghz
Intel GMA 4400 (GFX)
15.6" (1366 x 768) LED screen
500GB HDD
Windows 7 Ultimate 32bit
With Linux Mint 17 (MATE) 32bit and Ubuntu 14.10 (MATE) 64bit on two 16GB USB flash drives, shared (and swappable) between both systems as needed.
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A Former User last edited by
Maybe you're somehow right - but all the letters are CAPITAL. :sherlock:
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linuxmint7 last edited by
Yep, I do believe it was CHKDSK you saw. Its purpose is to scan (or check) your hard disk drive for any errors that may have accumulated on it through day to day use. If any are found, it will give you the option for the errors to be repaired (if possible). If none are found, your computer will carry on through its boot process (booting up).
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Deleted User last edited by
I have a Lenovo Thinkpad Carbon X1 Touch running Windows 8.1. It's quite a nice system.
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Deleted User last edited by
I installed Ubuntu 14.04 and I have two problems:
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I can't upgrade to latest version 14.10
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I can't access Windows' partition.
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linuxmint7 last edited by
I installed Ubuntu 14.04 and I have two problems:
I can't upgrade to latest version 14.10
I can't access Windows' partition.-
Stay with 14.04 as this is a LTS (Long Term Support) release, and will receive updates till 2017. Whereas 14.10 is a short term support release, and will only receive support for 9 months.
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Ways to access your Windows partition will depend on which desktop manager you are using.
But in Ubuntu you usually need to enter your Ubuntu administrators password to gain access once you have found your way to it.
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Deleted User last edited by
Stay with 14.04 as this is a LTS (Long Term Support) release, and will receive updates till 2017. Whereas 14.10 is a short term support release, and will only receive support for 9 months.
But at that time Ubuntu will be updated to a new version. I want to upgrade because Unity is better in it.
Ways to access your Windows partition will depend on which desktop manager you are using.
But in Ubuntu you usually need to enter your Ubuntu administrators password to gain access once you have found your way to it.Can you help me with that?
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Deleted User last edited by
I found a way to access Windows files: boot Windows and reboot it, then boot Ubuntu.
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ruario last edited by
Nope, no real difference, unless you have more than 6GB of RAM and your OS and software are 64bit optimised.
What OS are you talking about? Because running 64-Bit Linux starts making sense from around the 892MB mark or better, despite what you may have heard previously. Here is a quote from Linus Torvalds:
<blockquote>And for the kernel, the bigger virtual address space really is a huge deal. HIGHMEM accesses really are very slow. You don't see that in user space, but I really have seen 25% performance differences between non-highmem builds and CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G enabled for things that try to put a lot of data in highmem (and the 64G one is even more expensive). And that was just with 2GB of RAM.</blockquote>
In another thread, a different kernel contributor, Hans Peter Anvin, clarifies the RAM limit when compiling without HIGHMEM.
<blockquote>That cutoff is ~892 MB for a stock 32-bit kernel.</blockquote>
In the same thread he goes on to specifically suggest using a 64 bit kernel on anything with more than 1GB of RAM.
<blockquote>Since 32 bits means that any machine with 1 GB more means HIGHMEM, the number of non-embedded machines that should run 32-bit kernels today is functionally the null set. </blockquote>
In summary, you should switch to 64-bit specifically to <em>improve</em> the performance of your 1GB machine, at least on Linux.
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ruario last edited by
OK, well I don't know much about Windows these days, so free to ignore me if you like.
Though I would still be very surprised if you need 6Gb before you should consider 64-Bit Windows. -
linuxmint7 last edited by
Well through experience, 4GB is usable in 64bit Windows, but 6GB is a much better experience.
I have had the displeasure (when repairing a customers machine) of using a 64bit version of Windows 7 with 2GB of RAM. Not a good experience in the slightest, took ages to boot to the desktop, as long again to load most programs, and was so slow in general, timing it via a calendar would be more fitting than a stopwatch.
Linux on the other hand, I do find it much more efficient in low memory situations, and a much better experience overall, Which is pretty much one of the main reasons I use it as my main operating system. One of the other main reasons I use it, is the fact that it can be installed on an external drive, SD card, memory stick etc, which is how I use it most of the time. Oh, and it also stays out of the way and lets you get on and get things done. Unlike Windows.
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Deleted User last edited by
How to install tar.gz program?
Never mind, I tried to install OpenOffice and gdebi acussed the file of not secure.
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A Former User last edited by
I have had the displeasure (when repairing a customers machine) of using a 64bit version of Windows 7 with 2GB of RAM. Not a good experience in the slightest, took ages to boot to the desktop, as long again to load most programs, and was so slow in general, timing it via a calendar would be more fitting than a stopwatch.
Windows 8.1 64-bit runs just fine on 2 GB, even though this value is in the "system requirements" Microsoft lists for the 64-bit version, it only uses about 800~900 MB by itself.
I'd blame the start-up time and slowness when loading on third-party applications starting with the system, or something else, or other hardware component. Anyway, I think we should take the latest version to discuss properly, Windows 8 introduced Fast Boot and they made it lighter so that more tablet-like PCs could handle it well I'm sure talking about Windows 7 is not a good idea anymore.The Windows 8.x 32-bit version system requirements says 1 GB, but it's a really bad idea to have any PC on 1 GB... It doesn't run well compared to the 64-bit version on 2 GB... I'd rather make this cheap RAM upgrade and go with the 64-bit version if the rest of the system isn't ancient also.
