On 22/03/12 08:40, tina braxton wrote:
> I received a donated laptop about two years ago. It is an older
> model--an Acer Travel Mate 2480-2779. It has Debian software, including
> Iceweasel browser 3.5.9.
>
> Build identifier, in case you need it, is Mozilla /5.0 (XII; U; Linux
> i686; en-US; r
On 22/03/12 10:17, Michael wrote:
> And by the way, if someone else likes to answer by explaining how to
> break root: Please don't do on public lists,
Don't be silly. Security by obscurity is not the Debian model.
> and consider if that really solves anything.
You won't solve anything if you c
On 22/03/12 11:10, Brandon Richards wrote:
> Tina,
>
> I would go even as far as to recommend Ubuntu.
And the same could be said of Debian - except we don't go to their lists
recommending they use Debian instead of persevering with a broken
derivative.
Kind regards.
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Iceweasel/Firefox/Ch
Dear New Friends,
Thank you for all these ideas. It's great to have so much support.
Actually, I have tried two of the ideas suggested.
I have been unable to locate the person who put on the software. The former
owner cannot find him, either.
I have tried to install Ubuntu, but it won't
Ah, and it was Brandon, not Richard, yepp. Time to go to bed...
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Richard,
> I'm not convinced I'd go for a daily build, or the testing distro, either,
> but that's another issue.
I used daily 'testing' installers more often and there never was a problem with
the installer or base system. If there would be a minor bug with a desktop app,
later. then you can
On 22/03/12 12:13, Michael wrote:
> but i recommend to check first if this is really true. The alternative is
> 64bit and there the respective installer would be
>
> http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch-latest/ia64/iso-cd/debian-testing-ia64-netinst.iso
> (assuming your
Tina,
I would go even as far as to recommend Ubuntu. Easy install and no
problems accessing anything that you want. Website is:
http://www.ubuntu.com and you get 5GB of storage when you have ubuntu.
Just a thought.
On 21-Mar-12 17:31, Michael wrote:
Tina,
Since debugging wireless can be te
And by the way, if someone else likes to answer by explaining how to break
root: Please don't do on public lists, and consider if that really solves
anything.
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Tina,
> I do not have the root or admin passwords and have not been able to get them.
That's another problem.
If the installed software really already is 2y old, then consider a totally new
installation. It could possibly solve your problems 'on-the-fly' but there is
no guarantee, and usually
Tina,
Since debugging wireless can be tedious especially under this circumstances
(newbie and mailing list), i suggest go to the person who prepared the laptop,
and ask her to configure it for you.
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I received a donated laptop about two years ago. It is an older model--an Acer
Travel Mate 2480-2779. It has Debian software, including Iceweasel browser
3.5.9.
Build identifier, in case you need it, is Mozilla /5.0 (XII; U; Linux i686;
en-US; rv:1.9.1.9) Gecko /20100501 Iceweasel/ 3.5.9 (li
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