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nightscreams
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I have a 2013 MacBook Pro retina. Not real happy with general performance or battery life considering all I do is browse the web. It has several dozen things running all the time like voice to text stuff and things I don't use but I can't disable them permanently and all combined, they consume all 8 gigs and goes into swapping as well. I have practically no 3rd party apps installed either. It stutters at times also. Why I dunno nor care...I suspect memory leak but whatever, reformat didn't help. Not real big on the user interface either. Yosemite just isn't for me.
I am looking into something that is lighter, simple and hopefully provide better battery life. Preferably doesn't need much memory so I can keep buffer room for applications. I prefer things to be snappy but I would also like to keep 2 and 3 finger swap gestures like OSX has since I rely completely on the trackpad.
What do I use laptop for?
1. Web browsing 95% of the time. Youtube, internet radio...etc.
2. Moving or managing files from USB drives and SD cards.
3. Access android phone via USB so I can put music on it.
4. Simple Picture viewer
What I do NOT use it for nor want.
1. social networking, IM's..etc
2. voice to text's, recording audio, mixing, stream to other devices, access other computers remotely..etc.
3. Anything that requires much command lines or sudo apt this and that.
My requirements
1. Trackpad gestures such as zooming, application switching, rotating...etc
2. A good file manager since I spend some time on there.
3. A quick to access, yet simple UI...I did like how Gnome 3's UI works.
4. Good audio output and quick WiFi access.
5. I like to work with apps in full screen mode and swap between them using finger swipes.
6. I would like to keep some of the keyboard functions like keyboard light or screen dimming if possible.
I have some mild experience with Linux but I dislike the command line and as for UI's, I did like Gnome 3 but mostly I just want something that doesn't have a ton of crap loaded in the background. A simple UI for launching applications..anything that helps battery life. Any suggestions?
I am looking into something that is lighter, simple and hopefully provide better battery life. Preferably doesn't need much memory so I can keep buffer room for applications. I prefer things to be snappy but I would also like to keep 2 and 3 finger swap gestures like OSX has since I rely completely on the trackpad.
What do I use laptop for?
1. Web browsing 95% of the time. Youtube, internet radio...etc.
2. Moving or managing files from USB drives and SD cards.
3. Access android phone via USB so I can put music on it.
4. Simple Picture viewer
What I do NOT use it for nor want.
1. social networking, IM's..etc
2. voice to text's, recording audio, mixing, stream to other devices, access other computers remotely..etc.
3. Anything that requires much command lines or sudo apt this and that.
My requirements
1. Trackpad gestures such as zooming, application switching, rotating...etc
2. A good file manager since I spend some time on there.
3. A quick to access, yet simple UI...I did like how Gnome 3's UI works.
4. Good audio output and quick WiFi access.
5. I like to work with apps in full screen mode and swap between them using finger swipes.
6. I would like to keep some of the keyboard functions like keyboard light or screen dimming if possible.
I have some mild experience with Linux but I dislike the command line and as for UI's, I did like Gnome 3 but mostly I just want something that doesn't have a ton of crap loaded in the background. A simple UI for launching applications..anything that helps battery life. Any suggestions?
