On Thursday 06 September 2012 8:12:14 am Lisi wrote:
Hello, all :-)
I am building a computer on which I would like to run Wheezy, but with
Trinity DE, of course. Is this a feasible ambition given a) my technical
ability (or lack of it!!) and b) the existence of you lot?
I am testing TDE 3.5.14 (nightly builds) with Wheezy. My new Thinkpad laptop
install, 64 bitness, is working fine, I do not use it much at the moment. I have
a i386 virtual box instance that has issues with apps crashing on exit. Not sure
why the difference in the two installs.
A new computer might require the newer kernel in Wheezy. Check the hardware
compatibility.
If so, should I, in your estimation, go for a 3.5.14 daily build or stick
to 3.5.13.1? Or would it be more sensible to stick to Squeeze?
My main workstation is Squeeze, TDE 3.5.13.1, it is stable and does everything I
need. There is no compelling reason for me to upgrade, that has not stopped me in
the past, but I am hoping to resist the temptation once Wheezy is released. I
have becme a big proponent of long term releases for my business use.
I also use Apache Open Office instead of Libre office, and TDE in stead of ?.
This makes for less dependance on Debian, which is unfortunate, since I like the
way Debian just works as a system, more work for me.
Hopefully your new computer will have hardware virtualization support in the cpu.
Along with more memory you can run multiple instances of whatever systems you
need.
--
Peace,
Greg