Which Laptop | Model Engineer
Just to put minds at rest. I have indeed asked a similar question some time ago, so I need to explain why I am here again. At the moment, I am running Linux Mint v.18.1 on a 13 year old laptop with all sorts of peripheral devices plugged into the various ports. Start up speed is reasonable, although I suspect nowhere near the best. Running speed, other than when disk thrashing starts, is generally satisfactory. Unfortunately, Mint 18 reaches end of life in April 2021, and my suspicion is that the latest version, Mint 20.1, is likely to reduce start up speed to a crawl. This is because I also ...
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