From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2025-12-17 11:01, Jeff Gaines wrote:   
   >   
   > I have a Toshiba WT 310, i5 3439Y @ 1.5 GHz 4 GB RAM. 11.5" touch screen.   
   >   
   > It runs (actually walks slowly) Windows 8.1 and has always proved too   
   > slow to do anything useful.   
   >   
   > I have tried to set it up as a book reader but it's really too slow for   
   > that.   
   >   
   > Accepting I can't do anything about the spec is there a Linux distro   
   > that would make use of the touch screen and run Calibre (or similar) at   
   > a usable speed? At least I could make use of it then as a book reader.   
   >   
   > I do run Linux on one machine but its use is limited to creating iso   
   > files with Brasero.   
   >   
   > Many thanks.   
   >   
      
   For old/small machines, you could use "Damn Small Linux"   
      
   Touch screen: it is detected a mouse. It is up to each application to   
   make useful use of the touch screen or not. Meaning, big buttons. For   
   hitting the tiny slider on a window, or a text cursor, you need small   
   fingers.   
      
   Calibre is the best software I know for ebooks, but if your books have   
   DRM protection, you have a problem. It is possible to make it work on   
   Linux, but I failed to do it. I use Windows for that operation, in a   
   virtual machine.   
      
   Personally, I read ebooks in a kobo reader.   
      
   About the hardware, you might be able to do some thing. If your machine   
   has a rotating hard disk, replacing it with an SSD is a big improvement.   
   Also longer battery life.   
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
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