On Jo, 12 nov 20, 23:01:19, Miroslav Skoric wrote: > > At first, I wondered whether Pentium II Celeron 400 MHz, 224 MB RAM, would > make it even bootable after upgrading 8 to 9. (Without any GUI, if needed to > be removed before the upgrade). > > And when bootable, what GUI might be workable at best (Mate, Xfce, ...)? > As I said, for nothing much more than occasional Thunderbird, or any other > compatible mail client that can use the CLI-based ham email server (FBB), to > process pop3/smtp mails by using copy/paste by mouse click etc. > > At this stage (Debian 8) I do that in MATE + Thunderbird. It's slow but > works. What is not known is whether that would work in Debian 9. If you insist on a Desktop Environment (as opposed to the Window Managers already suggested) you should try LXDE. For e-mail Claws Mail or Sylpheed are probably the fastest GUI options. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser
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