[NMLUG] PC Resurrection with Debian

[timothyemerick at yahoo.com (Tim Emerick)]

The desktop is pre-configured with xdm/xfce.  The package is either a livecd
which you can burn to CD and run knoppix-style or you can install the entire
thing to your hard drive using apt-get.

I found it to be a quick and easy way to get a small and relatively fast
desktop running on an older machine.  Fast performance (given the CPU it's
running on) and a small footprint is a nice combo not to mention using
apt-get to install and maintain the whole thing.

Tim

--- havoc <havoc@harrisdev.com> wrote:
> Tim, what desktop did you end up using?
> 
> jody
> 
> Tim Emerick wrote:
> > I ran into this article last month but just recently tried it.  I was
> utterly
> > amazed that my old AMD K6-2/400 with 128megs ram and a 4 gig HD sprung
> right
> > back to life.  I had tried installing X with both KDE and GNOME only to
> be
> > sorely disappointed in the video performance.  I had even tried Ubuntu on
> > this old machine because I had heard that Ubuntu worked well on older
> > hardware.
> > 
> > Having come from MS Windows I really enjoyed the inclusion of classic MS
> > keys.  alt-tab to switch between running applications, ctrl-c and ctrl-v
> to
> > copy/paste and it even worked between applications.
> > 
> > Hope someone can benefit from this and fire-up that old machine sitting
> in
> > their garage.
> > 
> > http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=9973
> > 
> > Tim
> 
> 
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