Re: whether to install Squeeze or Wheezy

2013-02-07 Thread Rob Owens
On Wed, Feb 06, 2013 at 05:50:27PM -0600, Howard Lee Harkness wrote: Ah, good info. I had some problem with getting Debian Squeeze to run on my Asus x54c, due to some strangeness in both the ethernet and the WiFi controllers. I was hesitant to try Wheezy, but that might be better than applying

Re: whether to install Squeeze or Wheezy

2013-02-06 Thread William Ivanski
On 06-02-2013 17:04, Madhu Srinivasan wrote: Hello list, I am planning to install Debian on somewhat dated hardware: Intel T2300 1.66Ghz, 1 gb RAM. I have used Ubuntu in the past and would like to move up to something more stable and snappy. I will be using my laptop to mostly output

Re: whether to install Squeeze or Wheezy

2013-02-06 Thread Rob Owens
On Wed, Feb 06, 2013 at 05:46:02PM -0200, William Ivanski wrote: On 06-02-2013 17:04, Madhu Srinivasan wrote: Hello list, I am planning to install Debian on somewhat dated hardware: Intel T2300 1.66Ghz, 1 gb RAM. I have used Ubuntu in the past and would like to move up to something more

Re: whether to install Squeeze or Wheezy

2013-02-06 Thread Howard Lee Harkness
Ah, good info. I had some problem with getting Debian Squeeze to run on my Asus x54c, due to some strangeness in both the ethernet and the WiFi controllers. I was hesitant to try Wheezy, but that might be better than applying the patches for the x54c hardware. Is Wheezy easier to configure for

RE: whether to install Squeeze or Wheezy

2013-02-06 Thread Mark Allums
Hello list, I am planning to install Debian on somewhat dated hardware: Intel T2300 1.66Ghz, 1 gb RAM. I have used Ubuntu in the past and would like to move up to something more stable and snappy. I will be using my laptop to mostly output (digital) music to my amp, web browsing, office and