Re: building a desktop that will be supported by Lenny
On 2011-01-19, Wolodja Wentland <wolodja.wentland@ed.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 14:09 +0000, Steve Kleene wrote:
>> I'm about to get a new desktop and want to run Lenny on it. I'm replacin=
> g a
>> seven-year-old PC, now running Lenny, that has been crashing off and on f=
> or a
>> couple of years.
>>=20
>> When I built my first Debian machine, I had to use testing (Etch at the t=
> ime)
>> because stable (Sarge) didn't yet support my NIC. Is there anything in n=
> ew
>> hardware that I should particularly avoid because it might not be suppprt=
> ed
>> by Lenny? I'll be keeping the old peripherals, so this only concerns the
>> components inside the case.
>
> You might want to consider installing Squeeze given that it will be
> released soonish (expected for 5./6. February [0]).=20
>
I second the above. Since the OP is getting a new desktop, squeeze is
more likely to support everything than is lenny. Furthermore, squeeze is
in hard freeze now and should be suitable for everyday desktop use.
--
Liam O'Toole
Cork, Ireland
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