Lubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

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Hello Linux.org.,

For those who may be interested I just installed Lubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa).

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I did run into a bit of a snag with getting the Wifi adapter to work which is typical with most laptops in my experience.

Two separate Wifi adapters onboard and couldn't get either one of them to work which is why I hate laptops and Wifi adapters.

OH well after enough frustration I dug through my box of spare parts and found a Realtek RTL8188EUS Wireless Network Adapter.

I plugged the usb Wifi adapter in and restarted the laptop and had an internet connection and from there the install went without a hitch.

I've always liked Lubuntu with LXDE desktop however Lubuntu 20.04 is LXQT desktop and it's a lot different so a new learning curve at the moment.

Everything seems to work well so I'll give it a workout and see how I like it.

Yeah I know @poorguy using a laptop wonders never cease.

The 12 year old laptop Lubuntu 20.04 is installed on.

Spoiler

thomas@dell-xps-m1530:~$ inxi -Fxz
System:    Kernel: 5.4.0-28-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.3.0 Desktop: LXQt 0.14.1
           Distro: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)
Machine:   Type: Portable System: Dell product: XPS M1530 v: N/A serial: <filter>
           Mobo: Dell model: 0D501F serial: <filter> BIOS: Dell v: A09 date: 07/14/2008
Battery:   ID-1: BAT0 charge: 37.9 Wh condition: 37.9/57.7 Wh (66%) model: Sanyo DELL XT8168 status: Full
CPU:       Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core2 Duo T8100 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Penryn rev: 6 L2 cache: 3072 KiB
           flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 8379
           Speed: 1186 MHz min/max: 800/2101 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 798 2: 798
Graphics:  Device-1: NVIDIA G84M [GeForce 8600M GT] vendor: Dell driver: nouveau v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.0
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.8 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa resolution: 1280x800~60Hz
           OpenGL: renderer: NV84 v: 3.3 Mesa 20.0.4 direct render: Yes
Audio:     Device-1: Intel 82801H HD Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1b.0
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-28-generic
Network:   Device-1: Marvell 88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet vendor: Dell driver: sky2 v: 1.30 port: de00 bus ID: 09:00.0
           IF: enp9s0 state: down mac: <filter>
           Device-2: Broadcom and subsidiaries BCM4321 802.11a/b/g/n
           vendor: Dell Wireless 1500 Draft 802.11n WLAN Mini-card driver: b43-pci-bridge v: N/A port: de00
           bus ID: 0b:00.0
           Device-3: Realtek RTL8188EUS 802.11n Wireless Network Adapter type: USB driver: r8188eu bus ID: 2-3:3
           IF: wlxc04a0029b735 state: up mac: <filter>
           Device-4: Dell Wireless 355 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb bus ID: 7-2.1:3
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 298.09 GiB used: 5.76 GiB (1.9%)
           ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Seagate model: ST9320325AS size: 298.09 GiB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 292.41 GiB used: 5.76 GiB (2.0%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 55.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nouveau temp: 54 C
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A                                                                                          
Info:      Processes: 170 Uptime: 1h 56m Memory: 3.84 GiB used: 1019.3 MiB (25.9%) Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Compilers:   
           gcc: 9.3.0 Shell: bash v: 5.0.16 inxi: 3.0.38                                                                  
thomas@dell-xps-m1530:~$

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Is the performance quick/fast compared to other laptops/desktops you have running ?

 

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For the age of the laptop it's pretty decent and a painless experience although anything other than a lightweight desktop environment like Xfce or LXLE or LXQT would probably load the integrated graphics adapter and processor.

Compared to the Wife's Windows 10 laptop no it's not as good although 2 cores and only 4.0 GB memory compared to her core i7 and 16 GB memory.

Laptops from my experience using Linux or Windows just can't keep up with the hardware found in a desktop not to mention the wireless adapters usually found in laptops suck imo.

For a free laptop which came with Windows XP I have to say it is a good experience and my only real complaint is the amount of heat this old laptop produces.

To reduce the heat and give the laptop better air flow I set it on top of pill bottle lids and what a difference that little change made.

There's a kid who lives in the neighborhood and likes Linux and doesn't have a computer other than his parents Windows 10 computer.

I gave him this Laptop since there ain't many kids today who are interested in Linux.

Converting today's youth into Linux users one by one.