On Thu, 2013-10-24 at 23:21 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Thu, 2013-10-24 at 15:53 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > > Is there any reason that a Ubuntu version Mint would be any more > > suitable than a custom install of Debian - especially as there is > > a choice of kernels? > > Debian can be used with older CPUs, than *buntus can. > > "All i486 and later processors are still supported" - > http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch02s01.html.en#idp5615872 > > "Support for i586 and lower processors, as well as for i686 processors > without the cmov instruction, was dropped in Ubuntu 10.10. Most i686 and > later processors are still supported" - > https://help.ubuntu.com/12.04/installation-guide/i386/hardware-supported.html > > In the past Edubuntu provided a combination of nice software. > http://www.edubuntu.org/ nowadays seems to use Unity, but another *buntu > could be installed and after that the Edubuntu meta packages, so assumed > the processor shouldn't be an issue, than this is an advantage of > *buntu.
It seems to be one meta-package only, but even if Unity should be a dependency, it would be easy to solve, to install it without Unity. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1382650111.670.79.camel@archlinux
