Perpetual Ruminations

One Down, One Back Up

Okay, new things have come to light. Well not so much light, kind of dark actually. Alright, not really dark, either, just kind of bad luck. See, about fourteen months ago I needed to get a new computer, this old laptop I'm now using and was using back then, just didn't cut it anymore. It was not only slow, but it was so out of memory it just barely functioned.

I found a nice desktop computer and purchased it. For just over a year I was in digital bliss, but then a week ago, I started up my computer and discovered that Windows would not load.I tried the repair and recovery options, I even tried to start anew, but nothing would work. Luckily, I had also purchased an extended warranty, but since we moved, I have quite a drive to take the computer in for repairs; hopefully this week.

That left me without a computer and the only way to get online and in here was through my phone. It works, but it's not really the best way to go. I needed a different computer. I still had this old laptop, originally with Windows 7, but upgraded some years back to Windows 10. I dug it out of the closet and fired it up, but the battery was shot and it just wasn't able to perform to even simple needs.

I had played around a bit, many years ago, with Linux. I wasn't really good with it, but managed to figure it out enough to play around with it as kind of a hobby. I figured Linux had evolved over the years and looked into putting it on this old compute. Since it's such an old laptop, I wanted a lite install, but still something that would meet my needs. Linux Mint sounded good, but after installing it, i found I needed to add a few tweaks and adjustments to get what I needed. In the process, I messed something up and was looking at needing to reinstall it.

Instead I upgraded to Linux Lite and am currently using it. I'm thinking of maybe going with a more complete operating system, since this works very well, but then, do I really need anything more? I mean, I will have my desktop back soon enough, so I don't really need much on this old laptop.

I also purchased a new battery for about fifteen bucks, so in the process of getting my new computer repaired, I found I still have a usable laptop for my writing.