I'll be mainly doing basic stuff like web browsing, e-mails, newsgroups, downloads, listening to audio, watching videos, simple SSH2 server, etc.
I currently run updated Debian Jessie v8's KDE which is fine but it
doesn't get updates for years so it's time to move on for a clean/new
Linux installation. Will getting Bullseye v11 be OK?
I'll be mainly doing basic stuff like web browsing, e-mails, newsgroups, downloads, listening to audio, watching videos, simple SSH2 server, etc.Try Linux Mint Mate
I currently run updated Debian Jessie v8's KDE which is fine but it
doesn't get updates for years so it's time to move on for a clean/new
Linux installation. Will getting Bullseye v11 be OK?
Intel Core 2 Q8200 (quad-core; default clock speeds; Socket 775 LGA; >Yorkfield) with a Scythe Andy Master 120mm CPU cooler (SCASM-1000),
Antec Sonata Proto mid tower ATX case, MSI P43 NEO3-F (MSI-7514)
motherboard (latest BIOS), two 1 GB of Crucial RAM (Samsung DDR2 800 >(PC2-6400; 400 MHz),EVGA NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT PCIE video card (512 MB
of VRAM),
Setup details:
Intel Core 2 Q8200 (quad-core; default clock speeds; Socket 775 LGA; Yorkfield) with a Scythe Andy Master 120mm CPU cooler (SCASM-1000),
Antec Sonata Proto mid tower ATX case, MSI P43 NEO3-F (MSI-7514)
motherboard (latest BIOS), two 1 GB of Crucial RAM (Samsung DDR2 800 (PC2-6400; 400 MHz), EVGA NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT PCIE video card (512 MB
of VRAM), onboard RealTek RTL8168C(P)/8111C(P) PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet
and Intel High Digital Audio (HDA), 600 watts Sea Sonic S12 PSU, ASUS TV Tuner Card 880 NTSC (cx23880), Pioneer CD/DVD Burner Black SATA Model DVR-218LBK LabelFlash Support, 3.5" floppy disk drive, Corsair Force
Series F115 Solid-State Disk (SSD) (115 GB; CSSD-F115GB2-BRKT-A), two internal 3.5" SATA hard disk drives (HDDs) [Seagate ST3320620AS 320 GB
and Western Digital Purple Surveillance 2 TB (6 Gbs; 50 MB cache; WDC WD20PURX-64P6ZY0)], Sabrent USB2+memory card reader front panel, and an
Intel InBusiness 10/100 (82559) NIC (not connected). Running 64-bit
Debian (Linux; oldoldstable v8/Jessie; kernel v3.16... x86_64) and
updated 64-bit Windows 7 HPE SP1 (installed on 10/22/2016).
Am 31.08.21 um 05:39 schrieb The Natural Philosopher:
On 31/08/2021 00:22, Ant wrote:
I'll be mainly doing basic stuff like web browsing, e-mails, newsgroups, >>> downloads, listening to audio, watching videos, simple SSH2 server, etc. >>> I currently run updated Debian Jessie v8's KDE which is fine but itTry Linux Mint Mate
doesn't get updates for years so it's time to move on for a clean/new
Linux installation. Will getting Bullseye v11 be OK?
Verty good multimedia support. Not as dumbed as Cinnamon
https://linuxmint.com/edition.php?id=290
Xfce should be even lighter on the system. Also good multimedia-support.
On 31/08/2021 00:22, Ant wrote:
I'll be mainly doing basic stuff like web browsing, e-mails, newsgroups,Try Linux Mint Mate
downloads, listening to audio, watching videos, simple SSH2 server, etc.
I currently run updated Debian Jessie v8's KDE which is fine but it
doesn't get updates for years so it's time to move on for a clean/new
Linux installation. Will getting Bullseye v11 be OK?
Verty good multimedia support. Not as dumbed as Cinnamon
On 31/08/2021 14:19, Joerg Lorenz wrote:
https://linuxmint.com/edition.php?id=290Agreed, but if he can add some RAM. I feel Mate is a better "User
Xfce should be even lighter on the system. Also good multimedia-support.
Experience"
Am 31.08.21 um 15:34 schrieb The Natural Philosopher:
On 31/08/2021 14:19, Joerg Lorenz wrote:
https://linuxmint.com/edition.php?id=290Agreed, but if he can add some RAM. I feel Mate is a better "User
Xfce should be even lighter on the system. Also good multimedia-support. >>>
Experience"
Really? I think that is a matter of taste. I always worked with Cinnamon
on rather powerful machines. That is as good as a Mac OS-machine.
Am 31.08.21 um 16:47 schrieb The Natural Philosopher:
On 31/08/2021 15:16, Joerg Lorenz wrote:
Really? I think that is a matter of taste. I always worked with Cinnamon >>> on rather powerful machines. That is as good as a Mac OS-machine.
In my book that is not really an upward step from Windows ;-)
*Really*?!
Everything is an improvement over Windows 1X, IMHO.
MacOS is more sophisticated as far as the look is concerned but it is a digital prison.
On 31/08/2021 15:16, Joerg Lorenz wrote:
Really? I think that is a matter of taste. I always worked with Cinnamon
on rather powerful machines. That is as good as a Mac OS-machine.
In my book that is not really an upward step from Windows ;-)
Am 31.08.21 um 16:47 schrieb The Natural Philosopher:
On 31/08/2021 15:16, Joerg Lorenz wrote:
Really? I think that is a matter of taste. I always worked with Cinnamon >>> on rather powerful machines. That is as good as a Mac OS-machine.
In my book that is not really an upward step from Windows ;-)
*Really*?!
Everything is an improvement over Windows 1X, IMHO.
MacOS is more sophisticated as far as the look is concerned but it is a digital prison.
I'll be mainly doing basic stuff like web browsing, e-mails, newsgroups, downloads, listening to audio, watching videos, simple SSH2 server, etc.
I currently run updated Debian Jessie v8's KDE which is fine but it
doesn't get updates for years so it's time to move on for a clean/new
Linux installation. Will getting Bullseye v11 be OK?
Setup details:
Intel Core 2 Q8200 (quad-core; default clock speeds; Socket 775 LGA; Yorkfield) with a Scythe Andy Master 120mm CPU cooler (SCASM-1000),
Antec Sonata Proto mid tower ATX case, MSI P43 NEO3-F (MSI-7514)
motherboard (latest BIOS), two 1 GB of Crucial RAM (Samsung DDR2 800 (PC2-6400; 400 MHz), EVGA NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT PCIE video card (512 MB
of VRAM), onboard RealTek RTL8168C(P)/8111C(P) PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet
and Intel High Digital Audio (HDA), 600 watts Sea Sonic S12 PSU, ASUS TV Tuner Card 880 NTSC (cx23880), Pioneer CD/DVD Burner Black SATA Model DVR-218LBK LabelFlash Support, 3.5" floppy disk drive, Corsair Force
Series F115 Solid-State Disk (SSD) (115 GB; CSSD-F115GB2-BRKT-A), two internal 3.5" SATA hard disk drives (HDDs) [Seagate ST3320620AS 320 GB
and Western Digital Purple Surveillance 2 TB (6 Gbs; 50 MB cache; WDC WD20PURX-64P6ZY0)], Sabrent USB2+memory card reader front panel, and an
Intel InBusiness 10/100 (82559) NIC (not connected). Running 64-bit
Debian (Linux; oldoldstable v8/Jessie; kernel v3.16... x86_64) and
updated 64-bit Windows 7 HPE SP1 (installed on 10/22/2016).
Connected to an old (Y2K) Belkin Omni Cube (2-port; PS/2 and VGA) KVM to share a 23.6" 16:9 1920x1080 pixels ASUS VS247H-P monitor (LED; 2 ms,
9/2014, etc.), a Dell 104-key PS/2 keyboard, and a three-buttons PS/2
optical Logitech mouse.
I'd also replace the Nvidia card with one from AMD, because Nvidia has
become notorious for not supporting their older cards with proprietary drivers. While your current card may work OK with the open source
nouveau driver, it also may not. I dumped my last Nvidia card two years
ago because of this. The open source AMD drivers are much more capable
in my experience.
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