On Fri, 10 Mar 2017 16:37:26 -0800 Jimmy Johnson <jimmy...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 03/10/2017 12:46 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > On Fri, 10 Mar 2017 09:20:32 -0500 Henning <henn...@itcfollmann.com> > > wrote: > >> Why don't you just custom install to meet your needs? > > > > I did just that With Wheezy, 5 years ago. And I got the system I > > wanted. But it's not a "forever" solution. Wheezy support will > > cease when Stretch becomes Stable. And along with it support for > > applications like browsers, too. Chrome development and support > > ended last year. Read Firefox will do the same this year or next. > > Don't remember exactly. > > > > Nothing is forever. And I'm looking for a replacement that fits my > > requirements. > > I replaced Wheezy with Ubuntu 14.04, the first thing I do is $'sudo > passwd root' after that I feel right at home and can install all the > software that I use in both Wheezy and Jessie and the theme's too. I > see no difference in stability. The 14.04 mini.iso is the way to > start and get the base package and build from there. I build all my > systems from the base install including this one. Never cared at all for Ubuntu from the very first time I did a test install 10+ years ago? Never understood why it's so popular. Still don't. Enough said. I abandoned the desktop environment a half-dozen years ago in favor of just a window manager and a single panel with menus, etc. KISS Right now I'm looking at Debian-based distros -- AntiX and MX-Linux, a couple others -- as well as a couple non-Debian ones, while avoiding rolling releases. Unfortunately, the more I look, the more it looks like I'm going to have to go with a Basic Install of Stretch, de-systemd it, replace with another init, etc. A lot of work, but that's how it goes. Thanks for your suggestions. B
