On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 11:54:53PM +0000, s. keeling wrote: > Robert Hodgins <ehodg...@telusplanet.net>: > > > > Lenny installer isn't. Should I still be using this machine "down the > > road" (and I'd like to keep it going as long as the hardware holds up), > > I'm all for "driving it into the ground" in order to get your money's > worth out of the price of a car, but really, unless you're asking for > almost nothing from that machine (in terms of performance), think > diminishing returns. > > My desktop machine is a *used* PIV-2.4 Ghz with 0.5 GB RAM and 40 Gb > HD. It only cost me C$160 a couple of years ago. > > If you're only using it for a firewall/server, maybe consider the *BSDs.
However, if the machine meets the minimum requriements in the release notes (and install manual), then Lenny should install. As for rolling upgrades, great but what about when e.g. a hard drive fails. If by that time Squeeze is stable, then you have to install minimal etch, upgrade to minimal lenny, then upgrade to minimal squeeze, then reinstall packages. Its a royal pain (been there, done that on my old boxes); however, they didn't meet the published min reqs. As for old boxes and how cheap replacments are, my 486 only uses 20 watts. This can be handy for some uses. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
