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On Mon, 14 Jun 2010, Roland Tarver wrote:
On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 10:18 PM, Gordon Henderson >> <snip>Thanks for the advice. My plan sounds like an un-necessary hassle, lol! I will do as you do and get an old computer for the task. Just need to get through all the uni work and then I _really_ want to give Debian a spin......Although I use and advocate Debian myself, I'm not sure why you'd want to try Debian - you might find it a bit "old" compared to Unubtu and some others.When I was working for the software company, I received my first introduction to Linux by an out-sourced expert. He was a big advocate of Debian and I think it has had a lasting impact. lol. Combined with the fact that I tried to install it once before (about 8 years ago) and really struggled. So now I view it as a ..... a "learning opportunity" ;-) lol. Combining further, I believe Debian has some of the highest open source morals and then there is its renowned quality and not forgetting it is built entirely by the community (no corporate involvement). I just think it is idealistic and of high quality, both of which seem to suit me.
Doesn't stop you installing from non-free - e.g te extended codec pack to view most videos...
Finally, when you say "old", do you mean old looking? Not particularly pointy-clicky? I am not too fussed what it looks like and I try limit my pointed-clicks. ;-)
Older versions of some softwares - e.g. openoffice is currently 2.4.1 in the current Debian stable.
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