Re: Great Debian experience
On Tue, 18 Mar 2014, Steve Litt wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Here's why I like Debian Stable...
>
> My daughter's computer broke, so last night I took a three year, 3GB
> RAM, old wreck of a laptop and, using the Debian 7.4 network
> installer, installed Wheezy. I chose expert install, told it to
> install the nonfree repositories and auto-partition to a single
> partition plus swap. I also unchecked the Debian Desktop selection.
> Installation took about 20 minutes.
>
> Then I did the following:
>
> apt-get install xfce4 xfce4-goodies
> apt-get install synaptic
> apt-get install iceweasel
>
> I typed startx, had a perfectly functional desktop, and when I ran
> Iceweasel, ***YOUTUBE VIDEOS PLAYED PERFECTLY***
>
> It took me about 20 minutes to figure out how to get network-manager
> working with my wifi (I had to reboot). Then I looked up instructions
> on how to install Skype, and after a little experimentation because
> the instructions weren't perfect, Skype was installed.
>
> I've been a happy Ubuntu/Xubuntu user for six years now, but I've
> gotta tell you, if I'd installed a Ubuntu variant, *something*
> wouldn't have worked. If I'd installed Arch or Gentoo, I'd probably
> still be installing.
>
> Armed with a glitchless version of Xfce, a rock solid version of
> Iceweasel, and works-every-time Wheezy, this is the perfect laptop.
I have an even better testimonial for Debian 7.
Installed Debian 7 LXDE (32-bit) on a EeePC 900 (900MHz Celeron/1GB
RAM) replacing Eeebuntu 3.0 I installed on it 2 or 3 years before. The
OS was past EOL and no longer supported which was causing software
problems.
In any case, I dd'd the ISO to a thumbdrive, booted and did a
"standard" install with the Base, Desktop and Laptop options. Edited
the repository list, updated, upgraded, installed Flash. Done. 30
minutes. Everything worked. Wireless. Function keys. Etc. Did have
a problem finding the config file for it to sleep on lid closure, but
that was it.
Works great. Faster and smoother than Eeebuntu.
B
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