FWIW, I bought a "refurbished" Dell Optiplex 7050 on eBay (i7 7th Gen, 8GB memory, 1Tb spinning rust) and put a NVMe "disk" in it for "/" and boot device (but not swap). It runs like the wind ...
Not sure I like Mint 19.1 Cinnamon all that much, though. Linux seems to be getting more and more like macOS - a kind-of Unix system hiding behind an impenetrable user interface, with a lot of the nastier UI kinks of Windows.
On Thu, 2018-12-27 at 16:27 +0000, Nev Young wrote:
On 27/12/2018 10:49, Huge wrote:
Can any of you recommend a supplier of a decent PC to replace my rather
If I'm in a hurry I get my bits, and complete flattops, from Anglian Internet on Rowntree way. Not the cheapest but they've never sold me a duff bit in the last 18 years or so.
They're worth a visit as a face to face chat gets more then they have on their website.
Nev
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