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My experience with such an old 2GB Budget Laptop was with a Toshiba Satellite L300 with lowly T1600 processor. It was in mint condition and of a certain friendly good build quality.
https://www.cnet.com/reviews/toshiba-satellite-l300-review/
I soon wiped Vista and installed the Full GNU-Trisquel Mate with extensive quality apps even including a Bitcoin Wallet as standard. It ran faultlessly, quite snappy with a lovely screen and keyboard. It was donated to a local junior school during Covid 🙂 You can still find a Tosh L300 on eBay for about £25 🙂
I still have two laptops and a WinXP workstation – okay: and a GrapheneOS phone!
I would have no doubts at all about installing AntiX-22 Full on a Tosh L300 but will show you how I personally set up on my lovely old HP G60 3Gig such that making a screencast video causes no stress on CPU-RAM. Going no where near the slow zone before SWAP or needing Zram.
The simple way – Just install screencast app and perhaps a video editor too? No matter which of the AntiX versions you prefer – DO NOT ADD to the panel. DO NOT HAVE anything else running. DO NOT HAVE Conky running – junk it, along with Bluetooth, MTPaint whatever. 🙂 Just simple basics – I know some don’t – common sense really. I then remove apps from the panel followed by a shedload of stuff that’s not required using Synaptic: using Mark for Complete Removal 🙂
Congratulate yourself for now being leaner and meaner – no longer an Obese Bloatmaster in the crawler lane 🙂 Saving on energy too – longer battery usage – as the system runs cooler without fans being on meltdown control – Hey saving the planet too 🙂 ALL GOOD 🙂
Do a reboot and then go to the Control Center and under Software; execute Antix Autoremove. Disable Wi-Fi then reboot again and then click Restart to refresh panel.
Okay; we are almost ready to rock 🙂 Think about your game plan – or story board. Perhaps rehearse it twice then fire up your screencast app and once you have it set up how you like, minimize it to the panel. Have your wristwatch next to the keyboard in your field of view being ready to use keyboard shortcut; start recording when the second hand is at 12 o’clock. Stop when 57s have elapsed. Save you video as Test-01 or similar. Review your video content to see if you could improve it? If so – send it to trash and have another go 🙂 When satisfied use imgur to upload and grab a link or whatever 🙂 Simple, Sorted. It is just that easy!
Now ADD – Yes, add performance monitors to the panel and start recording again to see how lean and mean your system is 🙂 You don’t need to see them again so now remove them – simple…!
Our leader champions leaner and meaner as do most Arch or Endeavour users who promote KISS 🙂 Keep It Simple Stupid 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
Here are a few sub 60s screencast videos from my system – Enjoy..
Below – brief details of Tosh L300 Laptop…
anticapitalista
What is the point of this comment (you posted it in bold no doubt to highlight something)? Another phantom ‘enemy’?
The rest of your post is useful.Congratulate yourself for now being leaner and meaner – no longer an Obese Bloatmaster in the crawler lane
Philosophers have interpreted the world in many ways; the point is to change it.
antiX with runit - leaner and meaner.
What is the point of this comment
It is inexorably linked to the next bit …
Saving on energy too – longer battery usage – as the system runs cooler without fans being on meltdown control – Hey saving the planet too 🙂 ALL GOOD 🙂
…You know COP27 and all that jive 🙂 Huge fires in Athens – Very hot in UK – three heatwaves this year – Every month has been warmer than last year – some reservoirs near empty – Just ask Greta ?
seaken64
Your style of writing is very “do it this way since I have the best ideas – and BTW your ideas suck!”.
However, I appreciate the tips and intend to try it.
I prefer a softer approach, as do most people.
Seaken64
Hope ALL are enjoying the highly amusing post above – ? Who writes – “BTW your ideas suck!” 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
Please – I am not asking for it to be removed or any action to be taken – I prefer for it to be left here for my amusement and the amusement of others as he then manages to contradict himself and at the same time, shoots himself in the foot by writing “However, I appreciate the tips and intend to try it.” Then unbelievably contradicts himself a second time and shoots himself in the other foot by writing “I prefer a softer approach, as do most people.”
Ouch..! – 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
As my old laptop does not have Bluetooth I decided to go for Lotus style efficiency and remove all trace of any Apps and references connected to it by using Synaptic as shown below. (marked for complete removal) I believe that most if not all old 2GiB RAM laptops have no Bluetooth – please correct me if I am wrong?
Hope you find my screenshots useful?
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Now it is CRUNCH time 🙂 To validate if going in the opposite direction to Moderator’s ideas on Performance and Efficiency is going to pay off 🙂 As Video Editing will show up how well you are set up and how you, not me, you operate your 2GiB Ram Laptop with a poor processor – CPU. You will find that in large part; all that I have written on RAM may be true, BUT it is the CPU that is now going to get very stressed by Video Editing – there is no work around AFAIK.
Do not be put off by members shouting about this or that – a “pissing contest” to divert attention away from the simple facts you will find given here by myself in an open honest appraisal as far as my limited knowledge will allow 🙂 This is now YOUR test or your little experiment to get the most out of your old laptop.
As we know My Ideas SUCK.. ! 🙂 🙂 🙂 I am just following Colin Chapman’s ideas he used to win World Championships with his Lotus Team and change AutoSport for ever – Efficiency born from lightness and a small frontal area requiring LESS Power to win, amongst other brilliant design innovations.
As with my minMAX branding – mini footprint – MAX Performance 🙂So if you have not installed a Video Editor head on over to our very own package installer and choose a VE package – see screenshots below 🙂
I have chosen OpenShot – They are all very similar to use even going back to bundled WinXP-Pro Movie Maker. Do not attempt to install Pitivi listed in Synaptic as AntiX will not let you install it – as to why it is listed there I do not know?
So let us start with a KISS – Arch’s Keep It Simple Stupid 🙂 Remove all tracks except one and have a look around the different sections. Disregard transitions tab – stick with project tab for now 🙂 Right click in an empty area and check all the boxes. Play with the screen areas to drag up and drag left etc. Bomb out and start again if needed..! 🙂Some here wrongly state that Gimp is too complex or too difficult to learn – take no notice of them. Here too it may look complex when you start out – so what..!
Click that + plus icon to add your video to the project. Easy Peasy 🙂 Now drag and drop it onto the track. Easy Peasy 🙂 If needed drag it to the left so it starts at 0:00 the beginning. Easy Peasy 🙂 Now click the Play icon in the movie window. Easy Peasy 🙂 and watch the track pointer of your movie progress along the time line. Easy Peasy 🙂
Now let us start to edit with a simple crop – Easy Peasy 🙂 Select the Scissor icon and slice your movie in the middle – Easy Peasy 🙂 Click the Scissor icon again to deselect the tool: ) Now delete the right hand video portion – you have now done your first video edit – how easy was that 🙂 Cool 🙂
Right now let’s do a couple of undoes then select the scissors crop tool again but this time slice at near the beginning and again near the end – deselect the scissor tool and then delete the first and last portions of your movie – simples. Drag your remaining portion to the left so that it starts at 0:00 the beginning.
If you like; save your project and export your cropped version as a video only with no sound to a new file name – noting that your CPU will be maxed out or very high but your RAM usage is say, medium! Not in SWAP like others here before even using a Video Editor..! Sorted 🙂
So how did your old laptop perform? Did you enjoy ignoring perceived wisdom?
This is only possible here because you are using an ultra efficient distro – AntiX-22 set up by YOU without BLOAT 🙂
No excuses required – Thanks Team 🙂
I think that’s enough for today – have fun – keep experimenting and at the same time learn new tricks. Just ask if you need a little assistance 🙂
Cheers
I think that maybe you did not grow up in the US and have misinterpreted my critique of your writing style.
You prefer to antagonize the reader and interject “fighting words”. All of this unnecessary. Just share your ideas and stop attacking the reader as if they were an enemy.
It’s true that I do tend to use “Americanism’s” when I write. That is probably because I grew up listening to American radio and TV. It does not always translate to non-American English. But notice the quotes. They are meant to portray what I hear you saying, not what I am saying about you.
I maintain that you are writing in an antagonistic style and I encourage you to take a softer approach. I can read through it and see some value in your tips. But we will all quickly tire of your unneeded declarations that we are stupid and have unfounded opinions.
Seaken64
and BTW your ideas suck!”
then you say….
I prefer a softer approach
…. Hilarious 🙂
Then you go on that I am …
writing in an antagonistic style
Can you hear yourself…?
anticapitalista
To all.
If you don’t like @Andy ‘s ‘style’ of posting (sic) (I don’t), just ignore anything they post.
Don’t be baited. (‘triggered’)- This reply was modified 5 months, 2 weeks ago by anticapitalista.
Philosophers have interpreted the world in many ways; the point is to change it.
antiX with runit - leaner and meaner.
If we look at the last picture in the sequence above you will see my old tech T5800 CPU is showing (bottom left) just 60% usage; take a look at what you old chip is being subject to whilst exporting out. Perhaps check you chip number on one of those websites or install hardinfo and benchmark the CPU yourself – Easy Peasy – Hot Tip – disconnect mouse – and navigate to Blowfish or any of the others using your touchpad – DO NOT TOUCH a thing till test is completed.
See below.- This reply was modified 5 months, 2 weeks ago by banned.
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As I have said many times – using Gimp is easy once you try a few simple menu features such as crop, scale or add text etc.
Animation is such a subject probably best suited to Gimp and saved out as a Gif animation file.https://gifimage.net/gimp-animated-gif-15/
https://www.gimp.org/tutorials/Simple_Animations/
https://thegimptutorials.com/how-to-make-gif/
You can make an animation here in the video editor if you like. Just like a flick book at school 🙂 Here I have kept each individual frame in a folder with logical progression file names *-01,*-02,*03 etc– you then click that + icon and copy all frames at once into your project. You will be prompted to copy as a sequence and if you answer Yes the VE will do it all for you – sorted – job done. However if you answer No when prompted; you will then see all the frames in your project window.
Before you drag and drop them onto the track – adjust your preference time to just one or two seconds. You are now in control – use the slider to expand the time line then you can click on any frame and adjust its properties in the properties window – Easy Peasy. When satisfied with your animation – export out as usual – but perhaps use low quality settings, low frame rate, no sound etc.
https://imgur.com/a/97NeDnH (Play back at least twice normal speed)
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Found yet another member with a struggling laptop – watch the video – antiX linux: The best way to revive an old computer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCTaUAP6sSg
Perhaps try this excellent pro video on Big Bucks Bunny made by our very own Punranger to see a YT video struggle at about 45min in.. CPU 100% RAM etc…
So time to see how my set-up on old HP G60 compares – Easy Peasy I guess…?
So lets add a bit of spice – add LO Writer open with file ready to edit then fire up Ffox with four tabs open – three of the tabs are playing a web videos – so let us watch all three videos at the same time…! Surely not..?
This is an old computer Intel Core2 Duo T5800 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Core2 Merom built: 2006-09 – RAM: total: 2.92 GiB so let us see what happens under my AntiX-22 Full LXDE set-up 🙂As predicted – No problem whatsoever. Even recording screencast video with all that going on.
About 1.5 GiB RAM used when recording screencast 🙂 so no problem for old 2GiB Laptops either 🙂- This reply was modified 5 months, 1 week ago by banned.
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