On Thu, 2013-10-24 at 23:28 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Thu, 2013-10-24 at 23:21 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > On Thu, 2013-10-24 at 15:53 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > Is there any reason that a Ubuntu version Mint would be any more > > > suitable than a custom install of Debian - especially as there is > > > a choice of kernels? > > > > Debian can be used with older CPUs, than *buntus can. > > > > "All i486 and later processors are still supported" - > > http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch02s01.html.en#idp5615872 > > > > "Support for i586 and lower processors, as well as for i686 processors > > without the cmov instruction, was dropped in Ubuntu 10.10. Most i686 and > > later processors are still supported" - > > https://help.ubuntu.com/12.04/installation-guide/i386/hardware-supported.html > > > > In the past Edubuntu provided a combination of nice software. > > http://www.edubuntu.org/ nowadays seems to use Unity, but another *buntu > > could be installed and after that the Edubuntu meta packages, so assumed > > the processor shouldn't be an issue, than this is an advantage of > > *buntu. > > It seems to be one meta-package only, but even if Unity should be a > dependency, it would be easy to solve, to install it without Unity.
http://packages.ubuntu.com/saucy/edubuntu-desktop among others packages it includes those meta-packages http://packages.ubuntu.com/saucy/ubuntu-edu-preschool http://packages.ubuntu.com/saucy/ubuntu-edu-primary http://packages.ubuntu.com/saucy/ubuntu-edu-secondary http://packages.ubuntu.com/saucy/ubuntu-edu-tertiary -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1382650712.670.82.camel@archlinux
