Re: What to buy for Buster?

2019-05-24 Thread David Christensen
On 5/24/19 1:15 AM, Erik Josefsson wrote: On 5/24/19 5:12 AM, David Christensen wrote: If you get a major brand computer with 64-bit Intel Core technology (ca. 2006) or newer, Debian should run on it. Great! Thanks! The HP Compaq 8200 Elite SFF that I'm about to grab has a Intel Core

Re: What to buy for Buster?

2019-05-24 Thread Dan Ritter
Erik Josefsson wrote: > On 5/24/19 5:12 AM, David Christensen wrote: > > > > If you get a major brand computer with 64-bit Intel Core technology (ca. > > 2006) or newer, Debian should run on it. > > Great! Thanks! > > The HP Compaq 8200 Elite SFF that I'm about to grab has a Intel Core >

Re: What to buy for Buster?

2019-05-24 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 08:15:12AM +, Erik Josefsson wrote: > The HP Compaq 8200 Elite SFF that I'm about to grab has a Intel Core > i5-2400S processor. > > I browsed the Debian installer pages and as far as I understand I should use > "other images (netboot, USB stick, etc.)" for the

Re: What to buy for Buster?

2019-05-24 Thread Erik Josefsson
On 5/24/19 5:12 AM, David Christensen wrote: If you get a major brand computer with 64-bit Intel Core technology (ca. 2006) or newer, Debian should run on it. Great! Thanks! The HP Compaq 8200 Elite SFF that I'm about to grab has a Intel Core i5-2400S processor. I browsed the Debian

Re: What to buy for Buster?

2019-05-23 Thread David Christensen
On 5/23/19 8:17 AM, Erik Josefsson wrote: Thanks all for feedback, help and answers to many of my questions, but I feel my available time and my skills put together won't meet the threshold for being able to contribute to Debian in any meaningful way for another year or two. I'll have to go

Re: What to buy for Buster?

2019-05-23 Thread Cindy Sue Causey
On 5/23/19, Cindy Sue Causey wrote: > > Mine's handsome. Dell XPS 420. Runs NICE on Debian... when it's > running. It's still in need of a new power supply. Intentions are to > attempt to find one again tonight. > > I can't swear 100%, but I THINK it did NOT do Nvidia issues. I > remember

Re: What to buy for Buster?

2019-05-23 Thread Cindy Sue Causey
On 5/23/19, Joe wrote: > > Always difficult to advise, so many computers, so few recent ones > listed as Linux-compatible. All Developers can do is wait for Users to write in with thumbs up or down after purchasing new hardware. Otherwise, it's not many folks who can venture into all that exists

Re: What to buy for Buster?

2019-05-23 Thread Dominic Knight
On Thu, 2019-05-23 at 19:24 +, Erik Josefsson wrote: > On 5/23/19 4:59 PM, Joe wrote: > > On Thu, 23 May 2019 15:17:15 + > > Erik Josefsson wrote: > > > > > Thanks all for feedback, help and answers to many of my > > > questions, > > > but I feel my available time and my skills put

Re: What to buy for Buster?

2019-05-23 Thread Joe
On Thu, 23 May 2019 19:24:21 + Erik Josefsson wrote: > > Thanks a million! I'm not a gamer, would this machine be OK you think? > > https://www.bluecity.se/hp-compaq-8200-elite-sff-2-50ghz-250gb-hdd-windows-10-8gb-ram-svart-50074 > > It's on the shelf for sale just down town, so I could

Re: What to buy for Buster?

2019-05-23 Thread Felix Miata
Erik Josefsson composed on 2019-05-23 19:24 (UTC): > would this machine be OK you think? > > https://www.bluecity.se/hp-compaq-8200-elite-sff-2-50ghz-250gb-hdd-windows-10-8gb-ram-svart-50074 > > It's on the shelf for sale just down town, so I could buy it tomorrow! It should be OK, likely an

Re: What to buy for Buster?

2019-05-23 Thread Erik Josefsson
On 5/23/19 4:59 PM, Joe wrote: On Thu, 23 May 2019 15:17:15 + Erik Josefsson wrote: Thanks all for feedback, help and answers to many of my questions, but I feel my available time and my skills put together won't meet the threshold for being able to contribute to Debian in any meaningful

Re: What to buy for Buster?

2019-05-23 Thread ghe
On 5/23/19 9:17 AM, Erik Josefsson wrote: > I'd anyway like to ask if anyone would know a > reasonably powerful second hand stationary office computer that can run > a Debian Buster Pure Blend from a net install? No need for wireless, I > will just connect with ethernet cable. I don't know if

Re: What to buy for Buster?

2019-05-23 Thread Joe
On Thu, 23 May 2019 15:17:15 + Erik Josefsson wrote: > Thanks all for feedback, help and answers to many of my questions, > but I feel my available time and my skills put together won't meet > the threshold for being able to contribute to Debian in any > meaningful way for another year or

What to buy for Buster?

2019-05-23 Thread Erik Josefsson
Thanks all for feedback, help and answers to many of my questions, but I feel my available time and my skills put together won't meet the threshold for being able to contribute to Debian in any meaningful way for another year or two. I'll have to go back to piggybacking, as I have done for