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For several years, I have been trying various distros of Linux and have never been able to find one which I can stick with. I've tried all the big, bloated ...
  1. 10-11-2010 #1
    Finlandia
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    I think I have finally found the perfect Linux disro.

    For several years, I have been trying various distros of Linux and have never been able to find one which I can stick with.

    I've tried all the big, bloated distros, and some of the smaller no-name ones. I decided I needed to go back to the basics. I needed to go back to the original distro from which so many others are derrived.

    I installed Debian 5 from the net. I used the 35mb netinstall ISO. I installed just what I wanted: Firefox, Thunderbird, and Banshee on top of gnome.

    I have acheived nirvana.
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    Hello and Welcome.
    Glad you found something that works for you.
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    Thanks! I think I'm going to start frequenting here.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Finlandia View Post
    I installed Debian 5 from the net. I used the 35mb netinstall ISO. I installed just what I wanted: Firefox, Thunderbird, and Banshee on top of gnome.
    Welcome to the forums!

    It's been a while since I last installed Debian, but the "businesscard" ISO like you used is my favorite way of installing it, too. No excess bloat, and install only what you need or want installed.

    Hope you continue to have fun with it.
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    Welcome to the forums. glad you joined us.
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    Welcome and congrats on your choice.

    I think I'm heading the same way
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    Quote Originally Posted by PrinceSharma View Post
    Welcome and congrats on your choice.

    I think I'm heading the same way
    I've been wondering what to put on an old AMD Duron machine I have --

    Thanks, Finlandia, I'm going to try it, too!
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    Quote Originally Posted by zenwalker View Post
    I've been wondering what to put on an old AMD Duron machine I have --

    Thanks, Finlandia, I'm going to try it, too!
    I've stuck Fedora 10, OpenSUSE 11.1 and Mandriva Spring 2009 on a Socket 478 Celeron D processor and it was perfectly fine.

    And considering that AMD used to outperform Intel during that period, i'd say that the Duron can easily handle a full-fledged desktop distro.
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    Nice to see you have found the perfect distro for you. I personally like Linux mint for day to day use. For things which require flexibility though, I couldn't agree more with your choice on Debian.
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