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Re: [LUG] Made the switch to Lenny

 

Adam Latham wrote:
> I finally did it!
>
> I ditched that awful orange brown Gnome desktop from Ubuntu and have 
> gone down the road of Debian (Thanks to LXF mag for the disc!)
>
> Enjoying it, I must say.  Pity I can't seem to get my stupid SiS card to 
> play audio (malconfigured I expect, and entirely my fault - hooray!)
>
> I've started to remember why I started using Linux in the first place: 
> If I want something to behave/look different - I change it.  I also 
> realise now (after much gnashing of teeth) how much I relied on a lot of 
> bloatware in the orange distro.  Debian is just way quicker on my weedy 
> old Inspiron 1000 lappy.
>
> Oh, and yes.. I have discovered that the advice I didn't take many moons 
> ago about a separate /home partition was a really silly thing to 
> ignore.  Live and learn!
>
> Anyhoo, loving Lenny so much I just had to tell you all!
>
>   
Completely understand about the orange/brown ubuntu theme.
All I did was change the theme and wallpaper. Why change the whole o/s 
when it's easier to change a couple of settings ?
I find bloat has a tendency to creep up gradually no matter what O/S I use.


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