Re: [LUG] Time to upgrade

Neil Winchurst <barnaby@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 26/10/12 10:36, Migel Wimtore wrote:
I put kubuntu on my parents pc and they are pretty happy with it. It's
Ubuntu based, obviously, so it is nice and easy for me to administer
(package and advice availability). Is that on the list (I'm not digging
back through this thread to find your four, am on a phone)?

Yes, both kubuntu and Mint KDE are possibles, having used both in the past.

As far as
the hd goes - figure out what size you want, then procure it. I recently
got a 2tb usb3 drive and I love it. Had made do with a 300 gb before
that and it suited fine, it cost Â70, four or five years
ago, so
something like that should be very affordable now. Also an ssd (solid
state 'drive') is an option: faster, but smaller and more pricey. I am
getting good speeds with my new (non ssd) 2tb drive and a usb3
expresscard expansion card in my laptop, and don't have to sacrifice
storage density or put down so many dabloons.

That sounds good. I suppose it is a matter of luck really whether you
get a drive that just works or one that has problems. Hence the variety
of review results.

Incedendaly (I mention again), do you have any old internal drives?
Because a caddy (connection kit) for one of those is very cheap. Just
remember you will need 2.5 inch for laptop and 3.5 for desktop, and
either ide or sata connectors (on the caddy), if it's an old drive:
probably ide.
Cheers.

Thanks for the info. I now remember what a SSD is about. It seems to me
that that would be more useful for someone who wanted to use it all the
time. I am mainly looking for somewhere to store my current /home
folders and files. Then, once I have installed the new distro I will be
able to copy whatever I want from the external drive to the new /home
partition.

Then the external HD would be used occasionally for backup. I have my
own web site so at the moment really critical files are stored there as
backup, but that is only a few files. An external HD could store many
more files more easily and quickly.

Yes, I do have some old internal hard disks around somewhere. I must see
if I can find them! We are talking desktop here so 3.5 inch is the way
to go. These hard disks are quite old mind, so I suspect they will be
IDE. If so I may decide not to bother with this old technology.

Regards

Neil