The Trench Reynolds Report

  • Review of Zorin OS 4 Lite

    The people at Zorin OS were so nice in linking to my previous review of their Linux distro that I thought I would give another one of their distros a try. This time it’s the Zorin OS 4 Lite version intended for older computers or computers with limited resources. Again the rules are the same.…

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  • Review of Zorin OS

    The other night I tried a Linux distribution called Zorin OS. It’s based on Ubuntu and bills itself as being easy for Windows users so I thought I would give it a try. However, when I try a Linux distro there’s an extra degree of difficulty involved. I call it the 4G Challenge. I have…

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  • Linux Mint 10 RC

    I installed the release candidate for Linux Mint 10 on my Asus 701 4GB Surf the other day. I realized just how much I missed Linux. My latest laptop can’t get Linux to install so it was nice to have a slick operating system that was fast and worked well on the Asus.

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  • Asus eee PC

    Thanks to the economic stimulus program I’m the proud new owner of the Asus Eee PC. A 2GB Surf model w/o webcam because I’m a cheap bastard. I’m very happy with it. I like the built-in Xandros Linux OS even in basic mode. The keyboard takes a little getting used to. My only real complaint…

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