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wattOS Talk / Re: R10 up & running

« on: March 23, 2022, 04:32:24 PM »

I never knew about a "mini ISO" distro from Ubuntu. It's amazing just how many different distros do exist. I have a little time right now so I'm going to burn this to a DVD and give it a whirl. I might have to hit you up for more info, depending on how I get along.

Thanks!

By the way. This laptop I'm on right now is a Lenovo Ideapad 320-15IAP. It has an Intel Pentium N4200 quad core CPU, 8GB RAM, and a 1TB HDD. All of my laptops are very similar. My stuff isn't old and outdated. It's just not the latest and greatest available. I'm not trying to keep a really old laptop alive. What I'm doing is trying to find a distro that allows me to utilize my hardware in the most efficient manner. I just can't see having 4% to 6% of my CPU and 12% to 15% of memory tied up doing nothing more than presenting the desktop to me. I prefer using my resources on the apps I use for actual work, if that makes any sense. LOL!

wattOS Talk / R10 up & running

« on: March 22, 2022, 09:46:12 PM »

I have WattOS R10 up and running on this spare laptop. I did all the updating I could, then had to do some manual updating to get the latest version of Firefox installed and running. So far, so good. I also installed LibreOffice and then removed Lollypop and replaced it with Rhythmbox simply because that's what I'm used to. Other apps I added include Mirage in place of gThumb and GIMP. R10 runs much faster than Mint 20.2 XFCE.

I'm most impressed with the minimal resources required for the desktop to be running. Right now, task manager is showing only 3% of the available memory is being used to load the desktop on this laptop. I have 8Gb of RAM in this laptop with approx 7GB available. Mint 20.2 XFCE is pretty consistent in using 12% to 15% to load the desktop on this laptop and also on my other three laptops. All of them have 8GB of RAM. That's a pretty healthy difference in resources used just to have the desktop up and running.

I am SO looking forward to getting my hands on R12. Hopefully I'll see very similar resource usage with R12. After playing with a LOT of different distros in the past few years I'm prepared to settle in with WattOS as my daily driver. I don't think I'll load R10 on any other laptop at this time. I think I'll wait for R12 and then install it on everything I have.

The reason I started looking around for a lightweight distro is the same as in the past. I fool around and find a distro using limited resources, get it installed and use it for a while, then notice things have slowed down. I can't understand why so many of the developers think every distro should include every bell and whistle available. Then there are the developers that believe you need fading windows, swirling cubes, elaborate sound schemes, etc, etc, in their distro. I, for one, don't need all the fancy bells and whistles. I need the OS to remain in the background while I use various apps to perform actual work.

Looking forward to R12 and if I can be of ANY assistance, please don't hesitate to call on me.

wattOS Talk / Re: Status?

« on: March 22, 2022, 04:15:20 PM »

Thanks for the response, cheiron. I was doing some digging around for the end of life for Ubuntu 16.04. and found the regular EOL to be April 2021 with security patches for five additional years. On my old laptop I use for experimenting I believe I might just go ahead and run WattOS R10 for a while.

Thanks for letting me know I wasn't just missing the download for a version R11. I looked as well as I could and couldn't turn it up.

So, it looks like I need to either wait for R12 to be released, or maybe you can manage to get a copy of the Beta for me to play with. I'd sure be grateful if you could manage that.

Thanks, again.

wattOS Talk / Re: Status?

« on: March 22, 2022, 01:40:45 AM »

Thanks, Leenie. I did read where R12 is being tested and where Biff has been super busy.

Could you answer these questions, please? First, is there an R11 release and if so, where can I get it? Secondly, is it possible to get a copy of the R12 Beta? I'd be more than happy to test it and report back. Lastly, is R10 still being updated? If it hasn't reached its end of life, I'll happily install and run it.

Thanks in advance.

wattOS Talk / Status?

« on: March 21, 2022, 05:52:54 PM »

It's been a LONG time since I was on this forum. I used WattOS for a good period a while back. I've been searching around for a really good, low resource distro to use. I happened to see an old post about WattOS so I figured I'd check things out. I'm posting this while running WattOS R10 Live. I have some questions.

First, when is the next release of WattOS? I believe it should be version R12, but I could be wrong.

Secondly, where can I download R11? I see mention of that version, but can't find anywhere to download it.

Lastly, is R10 still being updated? I think I can probably use R10 until R12 is released, but only if I know it is going to be updated.

Thanks in advance.

wattOS R10 / Re: Flash or alternative Flash player?

« on: June 19, 2017, 06:39:50 PM »

Oops. Sorry about that. I use Firefox.

wattOS R10 / Flash or alternative Flash player?

« on: June 18, 2017, 05:12:39 PM »

I've just registered on the forum as a new WattOS user. I haven't installed R10 yet so I'm still using Mint 18 at this point. I've spent the last 2 weeks searching the 'Net for the best lightweight distro that will still allow me to install the packages/apps I'll be wanting to use. At this point I've narrowed it down to WattOS and Linux Lite. I'm leaning heavily towards WattOS due to the extreme lightweight install that it presents as well as the fact that LXDE is the default desktop. Lite defaults to XFCE and while there isn't a lot wrong with XFCE it is a bit heavier than LXDE. While there is nothing specifically wrong with Mint, I have experienced slow downs on 2 laptops and my desktop. By slowdowns, I mean that over a period of months everything about my Mint installs has gotten slower and slower, to include boot up time, time required to open apps, and especially in Firefox. Thus my desire to find a solid, lightweight distro that hopefully won't be troubled with such problems.

Part of the reason I haven't yet installed is that I wanted to research and be sure I'll be able to eventually have WattOS R10 setup with everything I need/want. One of the areas that stands out at this point is with Flash. Flash is a sticky point for all Linux users right now, I know. I'd like to read what some of you more experienced WattOS users have decided to do about Flash on your computers. Are you using Flash, or an alternative, or just ignoring Flash altogether? Any and all replies will be greatly appreciated.

I have two other questions that I'll ask after I've read over what the best way to handle the Flash situation is. Thanks in advance.

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