For the last few months, I’ve been using my 2014 Asus Zenbook UA303UA laptop for writing projects.
This month, I switched from Google Chrome OS Flex to Zorin OS (Linux) and I couldn’t be more delighted.
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If you are not already using a text expander application then I highly recommend that you start. It will save you hundreds, if not thousands, of keystrokes every month.
As the name suggests, a text expander application is a utility that runs in the background and looks out for you typing predefined phrases which it then replaces with usually a longer text version.
For example, when I type --@e, my text expander replaces this with my full email address: gareth@garethjmsaunders.co.uk, saving me 25 keystrokes.
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A change this week for my smaller laptop, from Linux Mint to Elementary OS and I couldn’t be happier.
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I recently installed Linux Mint on my iOTA Flo 11.6″ laptop. The process was simple and very straight forward.
The iOTA Flo is a compact 11.6″ laptop featuring 4GB RAM, 64GB eMMC drive and a two-core Intel Celeron N33350 1.1GHz CPU, and an Intel HD 500 graphics card. On the sides it has inputs for power, two USB ports, mini HDMI, headphones and a micro SD card slot. It also features a 720p (I think) webcam, full HD (1920 × 1080) screen, and Bluetooth capabilities (which I have switched off for power and security reasons). Not bad for £179.99.
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One of the items that I inherited after Mum died was her old laptop, an Asus X551CA that I bought her for Christmas 2013. This month I replaced the battery, upgraded the hard drive and installed Linux.
Continue reading Installing Ubuntu 20.04 LTS on an old Asus X551CA laptop from 2013