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On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 1:31 PM, Gordon Henderson <gordon+dcglug@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, 21 May 2011, Roland Tarver wrote: > >> http://www.dinopc.com/shop/pc/pcs-home-office.asp?idcategory=95 >> >> Hi Folks, >> >> I am not sure if the systems above are good value or not? >> >> But they are cheap. (<£150 for a new desktop system). They give you >> back £69 if you choose to install your own OS (click "customise and >> buy"). Some units come with Ubuntu installed too. >> >> Might be of interest to some...? > > The cheap ones are Atom based... And I have to say, putting a full-on Linux > distro on an Atom board, while it's usable, it is a bit clunky and slow at > times. The only comparison I can make is with my atom net book, with stock ubuntu (sorry lol) 9.04. Firefox does not perform too badly. Video works ok, but with a just acceptable delay whilst it is initially loading. If FF is really on a go-slow, I flip to epiphany which always seems zippy. Incidently this is FF3.6. I have not tried 4 yet. It remains heaps faster than my girlfriends identical netbook with a windows on it. I guess that's a given though. > My own desktop is Atom based - and it's as optimised as I can be boterhed to > make it - I don't run anything that's not strictly needed - I have a very > simple window manager (not a desktop manager!) no hot-plug, udev, etc. and > while for the most part it's fine, something just drag. Mostly complex web > sites. Gordon, I'm shocked and appauled that you even have a window manager :-p ;-) haha > It's possible that if you get all the hardware accelleration going in X (or Unity) that it might be better though, but pop-out BBC iPlayer is rubbish on > my own Atom desktop under Firefox. Angry Birds in Chrome is not playable on > some of the more complex levels too. iPlayer is satisfactory on mine. Slow to start, as mentioned. > So while the Atom has it's place for low-power stuff, it's probably OK for > most home office stuff, but anything else really is a bit slow. > > Gordon Best wishes roly :-) -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq