Re: new computer arriving soon
On Saturday 21 December 2024 02:20:20 pm Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 21, 2024 at 12:44:34PM -0500, Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote:
> > So I have a DVD with 12.something on it, not too old. I plan to install that, and then see what's on this workstation that I also might want to install, and then go from there. I'm currently using virtualbox on this machine, but would like to explore some other options for virtualization on the new box.
> >
> > Any suggestions as to how I might proceed to making things current and what other software I might want to include are welcomed...
> >
>
> Straightforwardly - boot from the DVD (if the new machine has a DVD drive)
It will have one.
> or dd a netinst .iso to a USB stick if not.
>
> Set the machine to boot in UEFI mode if this is available rather than
> legacy MBR / both.
Why is this preferable?
> Do a network install. That should bring you up to date by downloading
> packages for the install as it goes.
>
> Use KVM/QEMU instead of virtual box. I tend to use virtual machine manager
Okay, I will have to look into that, and then figure out how to get the data out of this one and into the new one.
> Remember that the Debian desktop environment selection installs GNOME.
> If you specifically want one of the others, unselect Debian desktop
> environment within tasksel - usually by toggling with spacebar -
> and install one of the others.
Yes. I'm pretty happy with Xfce, for the most part. I like konqueror for some of the things that it can do that the other file managers don't. And I have no particular fondness for gnome...
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