[LBo] New xubuntu user still has no net connection

[Anita Lewis]

On 06/12/2007 11:18 PM Allan Scahill wrote:
> Hello Lonnie:
> Now. Is Debian suitable for a 10 year old Toshiba Tecra 8000,
> with a 20GB hard drive and 128MB or memory?
> 
> Also. Does the distro come as a LiveCD?
> Linux is confusing in that I go to sites like
> 
<snip>

>> WOW, I really do not understand this love affair with the *buntu's.  I
>> have tried a couple of them, and will run back as fast as I can to
>> straight Debian, EVERY time.

<snip>

Allan,

Debian is suitable for the old machine.  You would need to choose XFCE4
rather than Gnome or you would end up with basically what you had with
Ubuntu.  The *buntus are based on Debian.

There is no LiveCD for Debian.

Lonnie, in my opinion, Debian is not really going to be so great for a
complete newbie.   You know the ins and outs of getting help and also
for setting Debian up. You are used to it.  Remember when you began?  I
ran Debian for years, but I remember when I began!

Anita




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