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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 7/13/19 5:05 PM, Fritz Hudnut wrote:<br>
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Thanks for the suggestion. All of my 32-bit machines are
now running <br>
Debian. I've tested both Debian 9 (stretch), and Debian 10
(buster).<br>
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I use the LXDE desktop, and it is very familiar, and all
tests are <br>
successful. System updates are different, but easily
learned.<br>
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Sincerely,<br>
Aere<br>
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<div>Thought I'd try to go back to when folks would try to
respond to posts here, rather than just "watch" the posts go
on by . . . so, cool that Debian is still providing an image
for 32 bit . . . obviously it isn't radically different than
Ubuntu, other than having to do more stuff "manually" to get
them installed . . . . Carry on with it . . . I just
checked for any remaining vestiges of "PPC" there, and,
sadly . . . none are current . . . I would assume that
32-bit will stagger forward there for another couple of
years before the ports start being "finicky" as they are now
in remaining Lu 16.04 PPC systems . . . "can't find the
package at <a href="http://ports/backports"
moz-do-not-send="true">http://ports/backports</a>" . . .
something like that . . . .</div>
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<div>I've got a #Siduction/Plasma install which is based on
Deb 10 . . . "sid" . . . does have a bit of a learning curve
to it to avoid blowing everything up, but otherwise . . .
more or less the generic linux system with the usual band of
debian type "purists" gathered around it . . . .</div>
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<p>Where my Lubuntu 18.04 i386 systems all started to no longer boot
reliably, it motivated me to switch them to Debian. <br>
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<p>The things that cause me problems with Debian, so far, is that
there is a long delay during the reboot after installing Debian 9,
where it seems to be doing nothing at all, and you really have to
just wait for it to complete. Debian 10 doesn't have that
problem, and uses the same installer as Lubuntu 18.10
(Calamares). <br>
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<p>The other problem, is that wireless support on Debian is much
poorer than with Ubuntu. It surprised me that I have only one
wireless dongle that works with Debian out-of-the-box. After some
effort installing things, I was able to get the Broadcom (b43)
wireless of my HP Mini working. The wireless of my 32-bit MacBook
also worked out-of-the-box. <br>
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<p>From what I read, all of the Debian releases are supported for 5
years, so Debian 10 should be good until July of 2024. <br>
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<p>I now know enough to help my kids migrate their systems to Debian
10. <br>
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<p>Where so many of my machines are now on Debian, perhaps I should
join that band of Debian purists. <br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Sincerely,
Aere</pre>
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