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 -- 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/20140318234229.34da8...@debian7.boseck208.net