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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. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html