[Bglug] Acer Aspire One

Thu Jan 6 15:07:51 EST 2022

Thanks... I agree with UBlock Origin... a must addon.
Duckduckgo for search engine.

As well, 1Password works great. (on 64 bit)
I know it is not KeyPassX, but what the heck, it's easy :-)
Dave

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> Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2022 17:13:40 +0000
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> On Sunday, January 2nd, 2022 at 12:01 PM, Brad Rodriguez <
> brad at bradrodriguez.com> wrote:
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> > I got the impression somewhere that the schools, and the kids, are
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> > moving more to tablet computers, and not using desktops/laptops so
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> > much.
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> > -   Brad
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> >     On Sun, 02 Jan 2022 11:40:17 -0500
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> >     Andrew Howlett andrew at howlett.net wrote:
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> > > We had a refurbishing project in partnership with United Way. Closed
> > >
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> > > in 2019 before covid. There are a lot of low cost options available
> > >
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> > > now and honestly our refurbished PC s mighy not have been the best
> > >
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> > > option for low income people.
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> Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2022 17:19:03 +0000
> From: LP <LPCC at pm.me>
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> Subject: Re: [Bglug] Acer Aspire One
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> but works great for me
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> On Sunday, January 2nd, 2022 at 10:25 AM, Dave Jackson <
> dave at the-jacksons.ca> wrote:
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> > My friend just returned the [2008] 10" Acer I had loaned him many years
> ago.
> >
>
> > Time to resurrect from the dead and "play"!
> >
>
> > Added an SSD and 2Gb of ram.
> >
>
> > I had noticed one of the members promoted Elive, so loaded the 32 bit
> version.
> > It looks good, boots fast and programs load quickly.
> >
>
> > I ran speed tests and downloads are ~7 to 10 Mbps
> >
>
> > Sites that are data heavy eg: BBC, CBC are painfully slow to load.
> >
>
> > Firefox and Opera have the same speed issue.
> >
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> > It has an Intel Atom processor. This may be the limitation?
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> > Does anyone have a suggestion as to how to improve data heavy websites
> on "Mini-Me"?
> > Thanx,
> > Dave
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> Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2022 13:15:33 -0500
> From: Anthony Morassutti <moralater9 at gmail.com>
> To: LP <LPCC at pm.me>, Bruce-Grey Linux Users Group <group at bglug.ca>
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> Forgot about adblockers. uBlock Origin is great. Don't use uBlock
> (non-Origin), it has a controversial past with privacy.
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> On 05/01/2022, LP <LPCC at pm.me> wrote:
> > Ublock
> > Is what I use always sppeds things up for me is not an ad blocker it says
> > but works great for me
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> > Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email.
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> > ??????? Original Message ???????
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> > On Sunday, January 2nd, 2022 at 10:25 AM, Dave Jackson
> > <dave at the-jacksons.ca> wrote:
> >
> >> My friend just returned the [2008] 10" Acer I had loaned him many years
> >> ago.
> >>
> >
> >> Time to resurrect from the dead and "play"!
> >>
> >
> >> Added an SSD and 2Gb of ram.
> >>
> >
> >> I had noticed one of the members promoted Elive, so loaded the 32 bit
> >> version.
> >> It looks good, boots fast and programs load quickly.
> >>
> >
> >> I ran speed tests and downloads are ~7 to 10 Mbps
> >>
> >
> >> Sites that are data heavy eg: BBC, CBC are painfully slow to load.
> >>
> >
> >> Firefox and Opera have the same speed issue.
> >>
> >
> >> It has an Intel Atom processor. This may be the limitation?
> >>
> >
> >> Does anyone have a suggestion as to how to improve data heavy websites
> on
> >> "Mini-Me"?
> >> Thanx,
> >> Dave
>
>
> --
> Elive Linux is in my and many others' opinion, the best distro ever!
> It is the distribution of the future, yet it is so lightweight that it
> revives the past. Check it out! elivecd.org
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