[TasLUG] Linux distros

[cbarn at westnet.com.au]

 Hi
I'm not sure how I got these emails but
For fun I did a 32 bit netinstall of Debian 11 on an old IBM Thinkpad
from 2006 a little while ago.
I booted the install from a USB stick.
Using the Mate desktop everything worked as far as I could tell. 
It's sllooow and Firefox trips over it's feet and takes time to
recover on those Javascript or whatever loaded supermarket catalogue
pages.
It's a Pentium M with 1.5 Gig RAM.
Chris B

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Sent:Tue, 08 Mar 2022 12:26:45 +1000
Subject:Re: [TasLUG] Linux distros

 Hi Peter

 Could you give some more information n what you've tried/what doesn't
 happen?

 Some computers aren't set up to boot from a CD by default - often
 there's a shortcut key that can be pressed while the computer is
still
 powering on that displays a boot menu or configration screen where
boot
 order can be set. Could that be the hurdle?

 If you put the CD in the drive while in Windows, do the files show
 correctly? Sometimes it's easy to accidentally copy the ISO file
itself
 to a CD instead of writing the ISO file's contents.

 Cheese

 On Tue, 2022-03-08 at 13:07 +1100, Peter Barnes wrote:
 > Hi Everyone,
 >  
 >  I use to come along to TASLUG meetings way way back. Cannot
remember
 > the exact year but I do remember some of the people who use to be
 > there like Leah Duncan and Cheeseness. Anyway at the time I use to
 > dabble in Linux and use to purchase disks from the US and also when
 > it was opensource freedom day in Tassie where there was a nice
 > selection of disks to choose from.
 >  
 >  I currently use WIN10 as the Linux disks I have are too old to
use
 > now. I downloaded Debian 11.2.0 i386 and even managed to iso burn
to
 > a CD. When I try to use it in a PC nothing happens. I chose Debian
 > because it doesn't need much RAM and is available for a 32bit PC.
For
 > me I only use thunderbird and Firefox in the immediate so that
suits
 > me fine. Anyone know where I went wrong? I use my phone as a modem
 > for my PC.
 >  
 >  Cheers
 >  
 >  Peter
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