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Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2011 21:56:27 +0100
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I guess, Wolf, that one of the nice things about Linux is that the nice
Mr. Torvalds doesn't keep trying to do things to my computers unlike the
Gates person who doesn't want me to take control. There remains, of
course, the problem of finding applications not specific to Mr. Gates'
"bloatware" !

73



On Thu, 2011-09-01 at 20:39 +0200, wolf_dl4yhf wrote:
> Hello Roger,
>=20
> I use a Lenovo S10 netbook (with Intel Atom CPU), and am very pleased=20
> with it. It runs spectrum lab since over a year, continuously 24/7,=20
> without ever locking up despite continuous CPU load caused by the VLF=20
> hum remover (FFT-based filter). Even when the fan starts (which it does=
=20
> occasionally, at room temperatures above 22=C2=B0C), it remains very si=
lent.=20
> The only annoyance is when I have to restart it because the windoze=20
> update starts bugging me ;)
>=20
> The onboard audio device is really nice, true sampling at 96 kS/sec,=20
> flat audio passband to almost 48 kHz signal frequency, and capable of=20
> stereo input. The "mic input" can be turned into a real "line input"=20
> through the configuration.
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> Cheers,
>      Wolf .
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> Am 31.08.2011 22:31, schrieb Roger Lapthorn:
> > Can anyone give me some advice on the suitability (or not) of small 1=
GHz RAM Atom based netbooks (available for about =C2=A3189 new) for these=
 modes/applications? I'd like something more power efficient that could b=
e used out /P as well as at home.
> >
> > 73s
> > Roger G3XBM
> >
> > Via my iPod Touch 4g 2.4GHz handheld.
> >
> >
>=20
>=20

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73 es gd dx de pat g4gvw
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(east coast, county of suffolk)