Re: Linux on a Laptop shipped with Windows 11 in S-mode

2024-11-23 Thread rhkramer
Oops, failed to send to the list -- resending. On Saturday, November 23, 2024 06:15:45 PM George at Clug wrote: > On Sunday, 24-11-2024 at 07:44 rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > Ahh, with respect to RAM, there is an empty SODIMM slot and at least one > > site has installed an 8 GB stick there for a t

Re: Linux on a Laptop shipped with Windows 11 in S-mode

2024-11-23 Thread George at Clug
Hi, The link you provided about the Laptop states: "Memory Slot (Available) 0", indicating you would not be able to upgrade the memory. I believe you can put in an M.2 NVMe and then install Linux to that NVMe, that way you can still boot Windows as well as Linux? I would be concerned a

Re: Linux on a Laptop shipped with Windows 11 in S-mode

2024-11-23 Thread George at Clug
On Sunday, 24-11-2024 at 07:44 rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > Ahh, with respect to RAM, there is an empty SODIMM slot and at least one site > has installed an 8 GB stick there for a total of 12 GB -- I'm not sure what > the maximum additional RAM could be. (The factory installed 4 GB is soldered

Re: Linux on a Laptop shipped with Windows 11 in S-mode

2024-11-23 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sat, Nov 23, 2024 at 03:38:56PM -0500, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > I see an attractive deal on a laptop that is shipped with Windows 11 in > S-mode > (link below). > > I assume (I know), but am not sure that I will be able to load Linux on that > laptop -- can anyone tell me for sure? > > P

Re: Linux on a Laptop shipped with Windows 11 in S-mode

2024-11-23 Thread Charles Curley
On Sat, 23 Nov 2024 15:38:56 -0500 rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > 64GB SSD Sorry, I can't tell you for sure if Linux will load on one of these, not having done the experiment. I can tell you that I would not plan on dual booting. I have Windows 11 on two of my machines here, and have shrunk its par

Re: Linux on a Laptop shipped with Windows 11 in S-mode

2024-11-23 Thread Tom Furie
On Sat, Nov 23, 2024 at 03:38:56PM -0500, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > Rh Kramer > > -- > rhk > > | Sorry about the sig -- some people think it is too long -- it is my soapbox. No, you aren't, and you know you aren't. So drop the fake apology. Over 40 lines of sig on an approx 20 line email! At

Re: Linux on a Laptop shipped with Windows 11 in S-mode

2024-11-23 Thread rhkramer
Ahh, with respect to RAM, there is an empty SODIMM slot and at least one site has installed an 8 GB stick there for a total of 12 GB -- I'm not sure what the maximum additional RAM could be. (The factory installed 4 GB is soldered in). On Saturday, November 23, 2024 03:38:56 PM rhkra...@gmail.

Linux on a Laptop shipped with Windows 11 in S-mode

2024-11-23 Thread rhkramer
I see an attractive deal on a laptop that is shipped with Windows 11 in S-mode (link below). I assume (I know), but am not sure that I will be able to load Linux on that laptop -- can anyone tell me for sure? PS: I'd also want to expand the RAM and I have to find out if I can do that. cc'ing m

Re: Will Trixie include packaged Nvidia proprietary 560 drivers ?

2024-11-23 Thread George at Clug
Thank you for replying, On Friday, 22-11-2024 at 08:02 Anssi Saari wrote: > George at Clug writes: > > > Yes, Wayland. But also Steam Games, as my Nvidia 960 was not able to > > play the Steam game "Planet Crafter" at any usable performance (XFCE, > > X11). Once I replace my Nvidia card with a R

Re: Will Trixie include packaged Nvidia proprietary 560 drivers ?

2024-11-23 Thread George at Clug
On Thursday, 21-11-2024 at 01:06 Andy Smith wrote: > Hi, > > On Wed, Nov 20, 2024 at 05:15:47PM +1100, George at Clug wrote: > > Judging by my own experiences, Debian Bookworm and Trixie, is that the > > currently packaged Nvidia proprietary drivers (535) do not support > > Wayland or Steam 3D

Re: DefinitionS sleep/suspend/hibernate/etc - was [Re: help: disable all manner of sleep/suspend/hibernate - Debian 12]

2024-11-23 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sat, Nov 23, 2024 at 02:45:46AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 11/22/24 5:33 PM, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > You misinterpreted my post. > > I meant to convey that I have been using Debian since release 6. > I liked my experience with Debian 9. > > I now have a machine with a clean initia

Re: DefinitionS sleep/suspend/hibernate/etc - was [Re: help: disable all manner of sleep/suspend/hibernate - Debian 12]

2024-11-23 Thread Richard Owlett
On 11/22/24 5:33 PM, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: On Fri, Nov 22, 2024 at 04:26:05AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: On 11/22/24 12:57 AM, Michael Paoli wrote: I recently jumped from Debian 9(w/MATE) - 12(w/MATE) in one step. My Debian 9 settings can be traced back to Debian 6(w/Gnome). I don't recall