Re: building a desktop that will be supported by Lenny
On Wed, 19 Jan 2011 14:09:30 +0000 (UTC), I wrote:
> I'm about to get a new desktop and want to run Lenny on it. ...Is there
> anything in new hardware that I should particularly avoid because it might
> not be suppprted by Lenny?
Thanks for all of the replies describing ways to check for compatibility.
On Wed, 19 Jan 2011 14:55:22 +0000, Wolodja Wentland replied:
> You might want to consider installing Squeeze given that it will be
> released soonish (expected for 5./6. February [0]).
I'll explain why I want to stick with Lenny (2.6.26), at the risk of starting
another best-virtual-machine thread. Unfortunately, I need Windows
sometimes. I am very happy running XP on VMware Server 1.0.6 under Lenny.
VMware is a pain to install but nice thereafter. I don't like the Server 2
interface and don't really have enough time to research or test the many
alternatives. I do know that opinions on all of the options are really
mixed. For me, though, the laziest path is to live in the past a little
longer. (As a Win4Lin alumnus, I know this strategy can't last forever.)
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