On Saturday 21 December 2024 08:14:11 pm Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote: > On Saturday 21 December 2024 02:20:20 pm Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > Set the machine to boot in UEFI mode if this is available rather than > > legacy MBR / both. > > Why is this preferable?
? > > Do a network install. That should bring you up to date by downloading > > packages for the install as it goes. > > > > Use KVM/QEMU instead of virtual box. I tend to use virtual machine manager Installing that will be the next step, > Okay, I will have to look into that, and then figure out how to get the > data out of this one and into the new one. That's going to be the big thing, once I get that installed... > > Remember that the Debian desktop environment selection installs GNOME. > > If you specifically want one of the others, unselect Debian desktop > > environment within tasksel - usually by toggling with spacebar - > > and install one of the others. > > Yes. I'm pretty happy with Xfce, for the most part. I like konqueror for > some of the things that it can do that the other file managers don't. And I > have no particular fondness for gnome... Got all that sorted out. I used synaptic package manager and selected a whole pile of stuff, installed it, and made sure that what had already been installed was up to date. Got nfs installed and my shares mounted, I just need to stick those into /etc/fstab so they'll be persistent. It's a real PITA to switch which input this monitor is using, taking many button presses on buttons that I can't even see because they're under the front of the monitor. Onward now, to install kvm/qemu and get a handle on that... -- Member of the toughest, meanest, deadliest, most unrelenting -- and ablest -- form of life in this section of space, a critter that can be killed but can't be tamed. --Robert A. Heinlein, "The Puppet Masters" - Information is more dangerous than cannon to a society ruled by lies. --James M Dakin
