On 2011-01-19, Wolodja Wentland <wolodja.wentl...@ed.ac.uk> wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 14:09 +0000, Steve Kleene wrote: >> I'm about to get a new desktop and want to run Lenny on it. I'm replacin= > g a >> seven-year-old PC, now running Lenny, that has been crashing off and on f= > or a >> couple of years. >>=20 >> When I built my first Debian machine, I had to use testing (Etch at the t= > ime) >> because stable (Sarge) didn't yet support my NIC. Is there anything in n= > ew >> hardware that I should particularly avoid because it might not be suppprt= > ed >> by Lenny? I'll be keeping the old peripherals, so this only concerns the >> components inside the case. > > You might want to consider installing Squeeze given that it will be > released soonish (expected for 5./6. February [0]).=20 >
I second the above. Since the OP is getting a new desktop, squeeze is more likely to support everything than is lenny. Furthermore, squeeze is in hard freeze now and should be suitable for everyday desktop use. -- Liam O'Toole Cork, Ireland -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/slrnijec4c.4ac.liam.p.otoole@dipsy.tubbynet
