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. Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt * http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140318143146.2453a5e2@mydesk