More on Linux (so okay, not strictly relevant to outlining - perhaps)

Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Jan 30, 2013 at 03:46 PM

I wrote sometime ago of my decision to switch to Linux as a parallel productive system and (hopefully) eventually my main OS: http://www.outlinersoftware.com/messages/viewm/16370

In brief, my experience was similar to Bill’s (Madaboutdana). I would add that the limitations in software choice, in particular regarding outliners and info managers, are actually a good thing for a CRIMPer like me. It means that I need to focus on the basics, spending less time in switching from one program to another and more in actually working in them. Overall, I don’t think I am missing much, with some special exceptions like MindView which I use as a hierarchical spreadsheet.

I believe I have the exact same machine as Jim and my experience is equally positive. The reviews are not enthusiastic http://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Acer-Aspire-One-756-Subnotebook.81609.0.html but I don’t think that you can get anything better for the price: it’s a 64-bit machine with 4 Gbytes of RAM fully exploited. With Linux (Mint in my case) it flies. If you want better performance you can buy the more expensive model based on the two-core pentium—the one tested in the review above.