Switching to Ubuntu

[newby_investor]

It could actually be Clementine I was thinking of as I did have a fruit in the back of my mind.

Don't you mostly use fruit-flavoured electronics?

 

[ArmatageShanks]

I don't quite get the fascination with Winamp in the modern world but there are loads of options on Linux.

I've largely embraced the cloud and I believe most of them are supported now on Ubuntu, but Rhythmbox used to be pretty cool although simplistic in approach for offline music.

Actually let me fire up an Ubuntu VM to see what it's like these days.

I like Winamp for the same reason I like Rum & Coke and Afrikaanse meisies.. I just do, and I've used it for as long as I can remember so there is some nostalgia.

 

[ArmatageShanks]

If you can see the drive in your BIOS then the hardware should be okay. Whether or not the files are recoverable is another story, if Windows messes the file-system up then I've not been able to successfully read it on Linux yet.

There are some professional file-recovery services, though you'll have to be prepared to pay a few hundred rand.

Will properly piss me off if my files are gone, but it also affords me a freshly formatted disk which I can for the 500th time attempt to keep neat and organised.

 

[newby_investor]

Will properly piss me off if my files are gone, but it also affords me a freshly formatted disk which I can for the 500th time attempt to keep neat and organised.

There is that.

You may want to look at some kind of automatic backup solution.

I use Resilio Sync on my primary PC and all my non-trivial files are indexed. I have them synced with a mini server that I built years ago.

Have lost one hard drive and the only inconvenience was the time to restore everything. Also helps in case you actually delete something (this has happened to me a couple of times).

 

[ArmatageShanks]

There is that.

You may want to look at some kind of automatic backup solution.

I use Resilio Sync on my primary PC and all my non-trivial files are indexed. I have them synced with a mini server that I built years ago.

Have lost one hard drive and the only inconvenience was the time to restore everything. Also helps in case you actually delete something (this has happened to me a couple of times).

All my "important Files" are backed up on Google Drive luckily, its just a bunch of stuff that I've accumulated that I like to access regularly that will be lost but it's replaceable. As I don't have constant internet on my PC 99% of the media I consume is downloaded for later.

 

[SauRoNZA]

Don't you mostly use fruit-flavoured electronics?

Indeed I do, but was thinking along Application lines specifically on Ubuntu but couldn't get to the word Clementine.

If I couldn't be on MacOS but had the option NOT to use Windows I would be typing this on a Linux desktop right now.

 

[CT_Biker]

I am actually thinking of going down the Linux route as well, Windows is ANNOYING these days. The entire OS is bogged down by bloat, and it is bad enough the HDD I got from factory is 5400 1TB(I'll be replacing this soon to a WD 7200 equivalent soon.)

Actually thinking of gong down the Debian Route and some kinda Gnome skin

 

[ArmatageShanks]

I am actually thinking of going down the Linux route as well, Windows is ANNOYING these days. The entire OS is bogged down by bloat, and it is bad enough the HDD I got from factory is 5400 1TB(I'll be replacing this soon to a WD 7200 equivalent soon.)

Actually thinking of gong down the Debian Route and some kinda Gnome skin

Give it a shot. I'm also on shity hardware so am expecting a performance boost from Linux

See a couple of okes falling out of their chairs when reading my specs

LGA 775 Pentium DualCore E6700 OC to 3.8Ghz
6Gb DDR3 No idea what it is Memmory OC to CL6
3 x 7200 HDD WDC, HGST & Hitachi
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 470 OC
Something something 550w PSU

 

[SauRoNZA]

I am actually thinking of going down the Linux route as well, Windows is ANNOYING these days. The entire OS is bogged down by bloat, and it is bad enough the HDD I got from factory is 5400 1TB(I'll be replacing this soon to a WD 7200 equivalent soon.)

Actually thinking of gong down the Debian Route and some kinda Gnome skin

Why the hell bother going from 5400 > 7200 the difference is almost pointless.

Switch to an SSD en kry klaar. Use the original drive for storage.

 

[CT_Biker]

Give it a shot. I'm also on shity hardware so am expecting a performance boost from Linux

See a couple of okes falling out of their chairs when reading my specs

LGA 775 Pentium DualCore E6700 OC to 3.8Ghz
6Gb No idea what it is Memmory OC to CL6
3 x 7200 HDD WDC, HGST & Hitachi
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 470 OC
Something something 550w PSU

I have a midrange laptop. The only let down is the slow HDD, I have ample RAM (8GB)...the slow read and write speed kills me.

 

[CT_Biker]

Why the hell bother going from 5400 > 7200 the difference is almost pointless.

Switch to an SSD en kry klaar. Use the original drive for storage.

I was considering just getting a small one and ditching the Optical drive - I actually just started having a look now, for the SSD and an accommodation tray for the SSD. Any idea where I can pick up a Tray for a 2018 Inspiron 3567?

 

[CT_Biker]

I could just swap the HDD out completely handle storage via an external drive....problem solved.

 

[SauRoNZA]

I was considering just getting a small one and ditching the Optical drive - I actually just started having a look now, for the SSD and an accommodation tray for the SSD. Any idea where I can pick up a Tray for a 2018 Inspiron 3567?

I would imagine they are pretty universal and not model specific.

No idea where though.

 

[ArmatageShanks]

I could just swap the HDD out completely handle storage via an external drive....problem solved.

Think that would be a bit slower, have a look on takealot, some elcheepo small SSD's there

 

[newby_investor]

Any idea where I can pick up a Tray for a 2018 Inspiron 3567?

Somewhere that sells Dell, I guess. FirstShop? I've only ever seen things like that when it's been in a corporate environment, never a consumer one.

I could just swap the HDD out completely handle storage via an external drive....problem solved.

I'd go this route. I recently bought one of these:
https://www.takealot.com/wd-500gb-2-5-sata3-3d-ssd-blue/PLID48453294
and used the Acronis software which you can get from the WD site to simply migrate the Windows install (on the wife's computer) and get the PC a new lease on life. Put the old HDD in an enclosure. Made an astonishing difference to the speed.

If you're moving a Linux install, then dd should do it easily enough. If you're man enough!

 

[newby_investor]

have a look on takealot, some elcheepo small SSD's there

Takealot have some good prices on SSDs at the moment, but I'd avoid the very cheap ones. Their lifespans will likely be a lot less than a decent one (Crucial, Samsung, Intel, WD Blue are all good in my experience.)

 

[ArmatageShanks]

Takealot have some good prices on SSDs at the moment, but I'd avoid the very cheap ones. Their lifespans will likely be a lot less than a decent one (Crucial, Samsung, Intel, WD Blue are all good in my experience.)

The lifespan of SSD's is something that's always bugged me, I tend to want to keep hardware for years.

 

[newby_investor]

The lifespan of SSD's is something that's always bugged me, I tend to want to keep hardware for years.

I noticed from the details of your rig...

The newer generation SSDs (i.e. the brands that I mentioned) are orders of magnitude more durable than their predecessors of four or five years ago. So much so that unless you're doing some mental level of writes (like constantly benchmarking or recording scientific data at high datarates or something like that) then your SSD will likely last you as long as the other components.

 

[ArmatageShanks]

I noticed from the details of your rig...

The newer generation SSDs (i.e. the brands that I mentioned) are orders of magnitude more durable than their predecessors of four or five years ago. So much so that unless you're doing some mental level of writes (like constantly benchmarking or recording scientific data at high datarates or something like that) then your SSD will likely last you as long as the other components.

Hmmm Tempting

 

[ArmatageShanks]

I noticed from the details of your rig...

The newer generation SSDs (i.e. the brands that I mentioned) are orders of magnitude more durable than their predecessors of four or five years ago. So much so that unless you're doing some mental level of writes (like constantly benchmarking or recording scientific data at high datarates or something like that) then your SSD will likely last you as long as the other components.

The last time I spent any money on my PC was when I was still a avid gamer in my primary school day's. Then Cars, Girls and Drink took over my interest and later car audio receives all my spare funds.