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Re: [LUG] OSs

 

On 11/08/11 09:50, Gordon Henderson wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Aug 2011, CHRISTOPHER BERRY wrote:
>
>> Dear All,Thanks for the help re treasurer's package  - I have GnuCash
>> installed & Ubuntu 10.10.11.04 seems to be out for 64 reasons!Re: OSs
>> - I had hoped to use the new Mint 11 OS on the latest Linux Format
>> mag but it too was for 64-bit only. There does seem a swing away from
>> the older machines - a shame - for my poor old PB EasyNote laptop of
>> 2005 vintage is racing along like a new thing under Ubuntu, not at
>> all 'the snail' it was under Windows XP!Have a good day,Grandad Bee.
>
> Well there's always (and probably always will be) Debian for a
> plethora of architectures, 32 and 64 bit.
>
> My older Acer Aspire 5050 laptop is running Debian Lenny, as are our 2
> original Acer Aspire One's. My 1.6GHz Desktop runs Debian Squeeze and
> is satisfactory for all I do. It even seems to be able to run bbc
> iplayer full screen too.... Bleeding edge, or nice stable and
> reliable... I know what I like!
>
> Gordon

Sometimes bleeding edge == bleeding frustrating

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