Hi Ron, I'd find the Dell Express Service code or Service Tag and then go to https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-us If you grab the latest copy of Dell support Assist or Dell Command Update it will pull down the latest firmware (BIOS, etc.) updates. I'd do these before installing Xubuntu. Dell generally uses quality components so I've not had problems in the past w/ installing/running Xubuntu. Good luck, Joe On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 8:05 AM hammerron via WLUG <wlug@lists.wlug.org> wrote:

I recently got a Dell notebook/laptop. It is smaller than a typical lap top (notebook?) and is very light in weight. The hard drive is only 28 GB ! It currently runs Windows 10 and has only 4 GB of free space on the hard drive. It seems to just hang, if I try to update the Windows 10.

I am thinking of attempting to install Xubuntu to see if it runs. Tried Puppy Linux (a light weight distro) before and think I'd like to go differently. I got the machine for free so will not be disappointed if this goes nowhere. If anyone has any ideas I'm all ears. (I might try to do this install tonight)

Ron

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If you’re looking for light weight and to tinker at a deeper level extending Lexi’s thoughts, I’ve been using Yocto Linux for a project at work, and have wanted to dabble on my own with it. Its a bit to get started, but gives you complete control over the OS. And the default build is very light weight, with some pre-configured images with levels of features up to a wayland/Weston desktop. Similarly, there’s Buildroot. I’m told its similar to Yocto, but easier to get started. The upside if complete and total control over what’s on the system just like LFC. The downside, you have to build and configure everything with a recipe to get it on the image, and updating involves a build and manual copy of the new packages or a complete rebuild. Though I learned a lot about the underpinning of Linux through Yocto. You’ll have to build the image on a separate machine and dd it onto the new one. yoctoproject.org <http://yoctoproject.org/>

On Dec 10, 2020, at 8:28 AM, Lexi Haley via WLUG <wlug@lists.wlug.org> wrote:

For a long time I used Xubuntu - liking the debian underpinnings and light(er) requirements. However, then I dabbled in Linux from Scratch - which I wasn't able to leverage into a daily system for my needs; Nor did I do well sussing out gentoo. Then, about 7 years ago, I got into Tiny Core Linux - and I've been very pleased with it since.

If you're sampling distros, perhaps give it a look? http://tinycorelinux.net/ <http://tinycorelinux.net/> On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 8:17 AM Joseph G via WLUG <wlug@lists.wlug.org <mailto:wlug@lists.wlug.org>> wrote: Hi Ron,

I'd find the Dell Express Service code or Service Tag and then go to https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-us <https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-us> If you grab the latest copy of Dell support Assist or Dell Command Update it will pull down the latest firmware (BIOS, etc.) updates. I'd do these before installing Xubuntu. Dell generally uses quality components so I've not had problems in the past w/ installing/running Xubuntu.

Good luck, Joe

On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 8:05 AM hammerron via WLUG <wlug@lists.wlug.org <mailto:wlug@lists.wlug.org>> wrote: I recently got a Dell notebook/laptop. It is smaller than a typical lap top (notebook?) and is very light in weight. The hard drive is only 28 GB ! It currently runs Windows 10 and has only 4 GB of free space on the hard drive. It seems to just hang, if I try to update the Windows 10.

I am thinking of attempting to install Xubuntu to see if it runs. Tried Puppy Linux (a light weight distro) before and think I'd like to go differently. I got the machine for free so will not be disappointed if this goes nowhere. If anyone has any ideas I'm all ears. (I might try to do this install tonight)

Ron

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