Subj : Re: Stripped down Debian dist
To : Gamgee
From : tallship
Date : Mon Sep 02 2019 06:44 pm
Re: Re: Stripped down Debian dist
By: Gamgee to Dumas Walker on Sun Aug 18 2019 09:18 am
> DW> Is there still a stripped down distribution, based on debian,
> DW> which keeps the kernel and security packages updated while
> DW> remaining a version behind, or while stripping the bells and
> DW> A few weeks back I tried upgrading an old Pentium-3 800 machine
> DW> that I use as a server from debian 9 to 10 "Buster." I had to
> DW> downgrade it back due to issues with it grinding the system to a
> DW> halt, and that is without even installing an x-server. :)
Yes, going from Jessie to Buster you're going to really have to read up the docs for that to watch out for snafus, but once you're there it's all good.
Jessie is still actively supported, however, and you should be good for quite some time, considering you're running 'stable' in the first place.
You can always pick and choose packages you wish to update, with the usual provisos like deps and such.
> DW> I was hoping there might still be some debian-based "lighter
> DW> weight" distros out there. The ones I remember from a few years
> DW> back have ceased being maintained.
>
> You might give antiX a try, it says it's a lightweight Deb variant
> and specifically mentions running on P3's:
>
I don't think this will actually fit your requirements for what you consider as , "lighter weight", but it's pretty light weight if you want a GUI, so you could consider LMDE. It's based on the Debian-testing (currently Bullseye) version of Debian, instead of ewboontu, and available at
https://linuxmint.com/download_lmde.php
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