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On Mon, 28 May 2012, Peter Lloyd-Jones wrote:
Hi Some JMRI users are reporting problems with the latest Ubuntu release. (lock directories). To test this I have to do a fresh install. However as many Model Railroad computers are old door stops, and Ubuntu appears to be getting "larger" perhaps I should start with a smaller distro. Any recommendations? (Raspberry Pi uses (I think) Debian, is the current release of Debian a better bet. (I know it works as one of my computers runs JMRI on it, but a very old release)?
I only use Debian, so I'm biased...You can install Debian in "expert mode", text only and at the selection phase, pick no packages. What that will get you is a base-bones, minimal installation, with networking, local utilities, etc. but not a lot else (not even X windows).
You can then install the packages you need - e.g. xorg, a window manager (lightweight - lxde/xfce4) and so on.
It's not out of the box though and needs manual package installation.The standard Raspberry Pi Debian image comes with the basic install, xorg, lxde and the midori web browser.
I always use the "netinst" way to do the install - so the boot CD is about 150MB, then everything else is pulled off the 'net. If doing more than one it's worthwhile setting up a local squid proxy to cache the packages.
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