On 28/10/13 09:44, Mark Rogers wrote:
On 28 October 2013 09:37, Anthony Anson tony.anson@girolle.co.uk wrote:
I used it straight from Win 2000 and it was fairly intuitive. It's a great deal easier now.
OK, I'm happy to try this:
- Which desktop environment should I pick for XP users on old hardware?
What do you mean by 'desktop environment'? If I'm correct in my guess, I prefer Gnome - been using it since around 2000 though, so I'd be a bit biased.
But I must say that I dislike KDE
- How do I test the OS with the hardware before install?
Blind Bambi - I just installed it and everything worked, and has done ever since. It runs OK on my PIII, whereas XP won't. (Admittedly, nothing NT-based works on it, though it did at one time. DOS 6.22 works, Win 3,11 works, Win 98 works, Debian works. Win 2000, XP etc won't even try...)
- Which Debian disk should I start with?
If I can find them, I can send you a set of Lenny and apps - 6 or 7 discs.
This fliptop is dual boot and defaults into Mint, but Debian can be fired-up if required. I haven't used Win for agesandagesandages - and that only for Irfanview. (I don't like The Gimp for adjusting graphics...)
From memory, Irfanview runs fine under Wine - but don't quote me on that! Might be worth checking though.
Probably - I always forget to install it when I have access to wi-fi - this dongle would take a week.