Re: new computer arriving soon
On Saturday 21 December 2024 08:14:11 pm Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote:
> On Saturday 21 December 2024 02:20:20 pm Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
> > 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
Installing that will be the next step,
> 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.
That's going to be the big thing, once I get that installed...
> > 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...
Got all that sorted out. I used synaptic package manager and selected a whole pile of stuff, installed it, and made sure that what had already been installed was up to date. Got nfs installed and my shares mounted, I just need to stick those into /etc/fstab so they'll be persistent.
It's a real PITA to switch which input this monitor is using, taking many button presses on buttons that I can't even see because they're under the front of the monitor.
Onward now, to install kvm/qemu and get a handle on that...
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