I have Debian running on a very old MacBook where it uses the Raspberry Pi user
interface. Looks like a Pi. Don't really like the MacBook touchpad.
I've downloaded the .iso file. Sad thing is it's just a tad larger than the
DVD R/W disks I have here. That means I'll have to look at a USB
Debian is also what Open Media Vault is built to run on. I have it on a 2011
Mac Mini running a DLNA server for playing videos on a Samsung TV. OMV 6 makes
the Mac Mini obey the user when it comes to power settings and not going to
deep sleep where it falls off the LAN. OMV 5 required a
On 5/9/23 17:16, John Dammeyer wrote:
I have a system based on an i7-2600K CPU @ 3.4GHz with 16GB RAM and 2TB hard
drive that used to run the 64 bit WIN-7.
For the Windows side of things I have a newer system with WIN-10 that is
ultimately upgradable to WIN-11. I have no desire to ever run
You can install Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL2) on Windows 10 and run GUI
Linux apps in Windows. Microsoft initially was only going to support WSL1 on
Windows 10 but at some point they decided to support WSL2.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install After installing WSL, use
My current preference is Linux Mint (Ubuntu based distro) with the MATE
desktop. Second choice is Ubuntu 22 with Gnome classic desktop.
Desktop environment depends a lot on personal preference. I'm old fashioned,
liking drop down menus.
-- Ralph
On May 9, 2023 2:15 PM, John Dammeyer wrote:
I have a system based on an i7-2600K CPU @ 3.4GHz with 16GB RAM and 2TB hard
drive that used to run the 64 bit WIN-7.
For the Windows side of things I have a newer system with WIN-10 that is
ultimately upgradable to WIN-11. I have no desire to ever run WIN-11. But I
have to have Windows
