matthew - retroedge.techOct 23, 2023
I've been testing to see why my #nextcloud test installation is so slow switching between apps (going from Calendar to Dashboard, or Dashboard to Files).

Went through some of the optimizations recommended. Slight improvement, but still over 10 second load times on my #corebootbook laptop.

Took a break from it out of frustration, went to my workstation and decided to check out Nextcloud from there. Loaded in half the time.

What's going on? Had a hunch.

Opened htop on one monitor, loaded the Nextcloud Dashboard in the browser. All four cores of the Xeon processor go up to over 50% until the Dashboard loads.

The slow down is on the client side !!! (or at least some of it)

The javascript clientside is doing so much and requiring enough CPU that it takes my lowly corebootbook more than twice as long to load the Nextcloud app.

Other web pages and web apps are not this slow on that same machine.

I really want to love Nextcloud as I plan on hosting it for some of my clients. More than ten second load times are unacceptable, though. Five seconds might be bearable, but not ideal.
Show threadmatthew - retroedge.techAug 26, 2023
Note that neither the #mercury or #thorium web browsers worked on my Acer #corebootbook ( #chromebook with #linux), as the processor didn't meet the compilation optimizations of these browsers.

The Mercury browser worked fine on my ThinkStation S30 with Xeon processor.
matthew - retroedge.techJan 16, 2023
I should give Mate another look on Devuan, especially on #corebootbook laptops. I was looking for a slightly lighter weight DE for laptops with limited resources. Cinnamon works okay (using it right now on an Acer corebookbook). XFCE had a show stopping bug when I tried it on a physical laptop, which I wrote about before.

I should try Mate on the same hardware and see how I like it.

One of my sons used Mate for years and liked it.

Thanks for the reply 😃
matthew - retroedge.techJan 12, 2023
Blog post for today

XFCE Corebootbook, almost, but not quite

https://retroedge.tech/post-2023-01-11-xfce-issue-corebootbook.html

In which, I attempt to use XFCE on former Chromebook hardware and find a showstopping bug.

Mentioned @chaslinux in the blog post, as he inspired me to give XFCE a try. I do plan on doing more with XFCE, but it didn't work out for this project.

#linux #xfce #cinnamon #corebootbook #100DaysToOffload
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matthew - retroedge.techJan 12, 2023
Just use my own #fediverse posts to look up what file to edit:

https://social.retroedge.tech/@[email protected]/posts/AJt6losod5fKWUUO4u

#corebootbook #linux #keyboard
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matthew - retroedge.techJan 3, 2023
My daily driver laptop for the last couple months has been an under powered former Chromebook Acer laptop.

Recent changes to my configuration have been zsh instead of bash for the shell and tilix instead of gnome-terminal.

#chromebook #corebootbook #zsh #terminal #neofetch #dailydriver
matthew - retroedge.techDec 9, 2022
I switch computers a lot. However, for the last 4 months or so, my daily driver laptop has been a corebootbook, an Acer C740 laptop formerly known as a Chromebook.

Specs-wise, it is a terrible laptop, but it has served me quite well for the last couple months. Devuan Linux. Dual core Celeron 3205U cpu at 1.5Ghz. 4GB memory (soldered on board, can't be upgraded). I did upgrade the 42mm m.2 SSD to a 32GB one instead of the 16GB it came with.

I usually use ThinkPad laptops, but I've been mostly satisfied with this. The heavy lifting tasks are done on my ThinkStation S30 or other desktop/server machines.

#corebootbook #chromebook #Linux #Devuan #Acer #ThinkPad #DailyDriver #WhatAreYouRunning
RetroEdgeTechOct 1, 2022

I freed an HP Chromebook 11 G5 EE, codename RELM, from #Google today using the mrchromebox #coreboot firmware script.

It is very similar in specs to the Dell Chromebook 11 models I have been using, code name CANDY.

I may attempt to install #netbsd on the HP #corebootbook this evening or on Sunday.

My "go to" distro on these machines has been #Devuan, which has worked well.

RetroEdgeTechSep 15, 2022

Just sold a refurbished Dell Latitude 3340 to a repeat customer. She requested #Linux, as she's used that on laptops she's purchased from me before and prefers that over Windows.

#LinuxMint #Debian Edition is what I am installing for most people who want Linux now. Slowly moving toward #Devuan, as I have sold at least six #corebootbook laptops locally with Devuan.

RetroEdgeTechSep 15, 2022

@dem32

I rarely use a handheld phone, so I don't plan on getting the Pine Phone Pro.

A friend lent me his Pine Phone (and I may buy it from him), but I haven't done much with it yet.

When I am out and about I use a #corebootbook for most of my text and calls.

When I am in the office, I make most of my calls with a Logitech headset. I use phone.com for my VOIP provider that has a good web based interface for texts and calls.

I do also have a Samsung S5 with @e_mydata on it that I use as a backup in case I encounter a problem with my laptop. The phone is in airplane mode most of the time.