Review on 11.6" Notebook DELL INSPIRON 3162 (1366x768, Intel Celeron 1.6 GHz, RAM 2 GB, HDD 500 GB, Linux) by Anastazja Adziarejka ᠌

I took the version with HDD (500 GB) and a slightly more powerful N3060 processor. Unfortunately, in this configuration they sell only with Windows 10. I didn’t have the patience to wait for Windows to load (it probably took an hour to load when I first turned it on), so I loaded Linux from a USB flash drive, reset the first few sectors of the hard disk and installed Debian 9 from scratch with LXDE (comparatively modern, stable and resource-friendly desktop environment). Wi-Fi in Linux earned immediately. For bluetooth, I had to install "not free" firmware (firmware-atheros), a little bit of magic with the buttons for adjusting the brightness of the backlight and the power saving parameters. I fiddled with the touchpad synaptics settings (scrolling, gestures, emulation of the second and middle buttons without pressing the physical buttons). In general, everything works and does not slow down. A great workhorse for home and travel. In terms of autonomy, I suspect that the Samsung NC110 netbook could honestly work up to 8 hours, the same one is good if it lasts 7 hours (Internet, text editing).