Subj : Slimmed down Debian
To   : Ky Moffet
From : Barry Martin
Date : Mon Aug 19 2019 07:30:00


Hi Ky!

-=> KY MOFFET wrote to MIKE POWELL <=-

 KM> Database for this echo is all messed up. Whole bunch of getting
 KM> same message when I click on different ones in the list. (First
 KM> correct message is 8-15-2015.) Ah well, not that I said anything
 KM> all that important. :)

No problem here, and I think we both get our messages from Lee.  I don't
recall any recent messages until about the middle of August


 >> Quite possibly Ubuntu is too much for your machines; do know there are
 KM> Ubuntu has always been a hog. Gnome has always been a hog too.
 KM> Just about anything else is slimmer. I don't even bother looking
 KM> at *buntu anymore.

I semi-recall the Ubuntu folks were blaming the problems on Gnome, so
with 18.04 they started using KDE.  ...Well, apparently I had that
wrong: "Ubuntu 18.04: Unity is gone, GNOME is back-and Ubuntu has never
been better" 

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/05/ubuntu-18-04-the-
return-of-a-familiar-interface-marks-the-best-ubuntu-in-years/


I'm running Ubuntu 18.04 on a few systems here, though I will admit 
those systems are 'hefty': fast multi-core CPU, 8- and 16 GB of RAM, 
etc.  The test on older hardware will be starting shortly with an 
upgrade project. I will admit to probably sticking with Ubuntu even if 
the older systems are sluggish as their main function is to run MythTV, 
which once loaded seems to run properly on (up to a point) older
hardware.  Just easier for me to run a constant set: all the same OS.  
Well, then there is the Raspberry Pi's!


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