[PLUG] Any thoughts on installing KDE/Plasma on a Solid State (sans HD) Laptop

Vedanta Teacher orevedantateacher at gmail.com
Sat Feb 6 02:31:54 UTC 2016


Thank You, that looks good. I hate to admit that I probably
gave my parents grief by disassembling lawn lowers, clocks,
etc. but in a few years I could disassemble and reassemble
the engine in my Plymouth with just a few hand tools. I guess
I'll always be a bit of a tinkerer.

Blessings,
Paul

On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 3:49 PM, Louis Kowolowski <louisk at cryptomonkeys.org>
wrote:

> If you’ve thought about BSD, check out PC-BSD. Its desktop ready and has a
> pointy-clicky installer.
>
> http://www.pcbsd.org/ <http://www.pcbsd.org/>
>
> You shouldn’t have any issues with SSD. Trim support was added about 2yrs
> ago.
>
>
> > On Feb 5, 2016, at 10:02 AM, Vedanta Teacher <
> orevedantateacher at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Everyone,
> >
> >  I was thinking of picking up a solid state lap top with no physical HD
> > and installing KDE/Plasma. From what I've read and heard KDE is a
> > bit resource hungry but its been around a long time and the support
> > seems stable.
> >
> > I don't know if there are issues installing KDE on a solid state.
> >
> > I was looking for a clean, no clutter, no hassle OS and desktop
> > (please God no more dancing paper clips..) and KDE seemed a
> > good choice as well as having custom settings. I thought about
> > FreeBSD I just haven't had time to research it.
> >
> > I already have multiple computers:
> > #1: ASUS laptop in Ubuntu Unity 14.04
> > #2: HP solid state in win 8.x
> > #3: HP all in one in win 8.x
> > #4: Lenovo laptop (think pad) in win 7.x (I may reformat and convert to
> > Mint)
> >
> > And yes, I do like to tinker, that's why I like F.O.S.S.
> > I'm not phrasing this correctly but I'm looking for a OS/desktop for
> > a mature adult. I don't need or want pop up adds for rap videos, womens
> > kickers , hand holding or the like.
> >
> > Blessings,
> > Paul
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