On Jan 3, 2006, at 11:56 AM, Robert Citek wrote:
> On Jan 3, 2006, at 1:37 AM, Scott Granneman wrote:
>
>> in fact, now you've got me interested. if you have one of those old
>> boxes, robert, & you bring it to the next cwe-lug meeting, i'll
>> install
>> debian & kde & strip it to the bone & see how it runs.
>>
>
> Funny you should say that. Over the weekend I did an install blitz,
> installing DSL, FeatherLinux, Morphix, Ubuntu, and Debian one after
> the other: wipe drive, install, test, repeat. BTW, Debian has come
> a long way - much nicer to install than before. Configuring packages
> during an install still annoys me, but I guess I'll live with it.
>
> The distro I liked the most was Ubuntu. A long install, but that's
> OK. Was then able to install KDE and IceWM via synaptic.
>
Based on a suggestion from M, I tried another install of Ubuntu, this
time doing a server install, which installs just a base system.
Doing the server install was much faster than a regular install.
Once that was in place, I ran an apt-get to get all the components
necessary for xfce4. It works, mostly. I just need to figure out
how to customize the interface and add a few more packages, e.g.
firefox, OOo2, and a few games, plus customize the theme/look-and-
feel to be a bit more Windowsy.
Installing Ubuntu creates a nice migration path:
Win98 + FF + OOo2 ->
Ubuntu + xfce + FF + OOo2 ->
Ubuntu + KDE/Gnome + FF + OOo2 ->
Thoughts?
Regards,
- Robert
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