

Dell D600
1.6MHz Intel processor.
1024Mb RAM
Hello! I have a similar laptop to yours. It's a D505 but they are essentially the same blood and bone. Let me know your troubles and maybe I can be of some help. Don't give up just yet, LMDE is wonderful once you get things rollingbootmakr wrote:Nah, I like Debians, but have never got along with *buntus. I even tried LM7 and Lisa, but neither flipped my switch. Tried sidux - too many arguments on their forums, obnixious mods; aptosid - sid doesn't get along with this lappy; Debian testing - can't stand Gnome; Desktop BSD - seems like a 'mac forum' rude, belligerent, RTFM types; PC-BSD that was nice, but not ready for prime time, and I don't like to have Linux and BSD on the same HDD (slices v. partitions); and now I'm back to antiX (testing - rolling release) until LMDE gets more stability then I'll be back.
I wonder if "to get things rolling" means "to track debian testing repos"Bobbo wrote:LMDE is wonderful once you get things rolling
UHOH! BUSTED!Monsta wrote:I wonder if "to get things rolling" means "to track debian testing repos"Bobbo wrote:LMDE is wonderful once you get things rolling
actually there's a few that think that the real lmde is the one tracking directly debian testing reposBobbo wrote:UHOH! BUSTED!Monsta wrote:I wonder if "to get things rolling" means "to track debian testing repos"Bobbo wrote:LMDE is wonderful once you get things rolling![]()
Ok I've actually done that until the recent Update Pack 4 was released. Now it's all LMDE again! I think LMDE has a huge momentum at the moment.. ..um, it just keeps rolling!![]()
Well, chances are Update Pack 4 will be finally tested and officially released in a week or two, so you actually might find yourself facing yet another 1 Gb of updates that can (in theory) break something again.bootmakr wrote:I'll see how this works and get back in a week or so with the results.
SSssssshhh!!Monsta wrote:Well, chances are Update Pack 4 will be finally tested and officially released in a week or two, so you actually might find yourself facing yet another 1 Gb of updates that can (in theory) break something again.bootmakr wrote:I'll see how this works and get back in a week or so with the results.
Bobbo wrote: Too bad I can't recall how I got it working again..
I also like debians and can't get behind *buntus, (let me point out that you can use debian testing with kde, make a netinstall, don't select gnome and voila) aptosid was my laptop os until I recently bought a newer thinkpad and debian lacked in documentation about EFI, GPT and the like, so I gave arch linux a try. And it's totally worth it, it is not only a rolling release with daily updates but arch wiki is a gold mine of documentation and the community is nice. DEfinitely a keeper.bootmakr wrote:Nah, I like Debians, but have never got along with *buntus. I even tried LM7 and Lisa, but neither flipped my switch. Tried sidux - too many arguments on their forums, obnixious mods; aptosid - sid doesn't get along with this lappy; Debian testing - can't stand Gnome; Desktop BSD - seems like a 'mac forum' rude, belligerent, RTFM types; PC-BSD that was nice, but not ready for prime time, and I don't like to have Linux and BSD on the same HDD (slices v. partitions); and now I'm back to antiX (testing - rolling release) until LMDE gets more stability then I'll be back.
Personally i use Debian Testing with XFCE and its the best combo ever, like having GNOME 2 again. If you install Debian without a desktop environment, just boot to terminal and sudo aptitude install xfce4 xfce4-goodies and you're golden.bugmenot2012 wrote:I also like debians and can't get behind *buntus, (let me point out that you can use debian testing with kde, make a netinstall, don't select gnome and voila) aptosid was my laptop os until I recently bought a newer thinkpad and debian lacked in documentation about EFI, GPT and the like, so I gave arch linux a try. And it's totally worth it, it is not only a rolling release with daily updates but arch wiki is a gold mine of documentation and the community is nice. DEfinitely a keeper.bootmakr wrote:Nah, I like Debians, but have never got along with *buntus. I even tried LM7 and Lisa, but neither flipped my switch. Tried sidux - too many arguments on their forums, obnixious mods; aptosid - sid doesn't get along with this lappy; Debian testing - can't stand Gnome; Desktop BSD - seems like a 'mac forum' rude, belligerent, RTFM types; PC-BSD that was nice, but not ready for prime time, and I don't like to have Linux and BSD on the same HDD (slices v. partitions); and now I'm back to antiX (testing - rolling release) until LMDE gets more stability then I'll be back.
Well for that matter, Arch Linux with XFCE is a pretty good deal. I'm using that off another partition (Arch also has "Cinnamon" in its user generated repositories, but I don't want to install all the GNOME dependencies).Personally i use Debian Testing with XFCE and its the best combo ever, like having GNOME 2 again. If you install Debian without a desktop environment, just boot to terminal and sudo aptitude install xfce4 xfce4-goodies and you're golden.
I'm actually quite interested in trying Cinnamon, once it reaches a later version. The reviews I've read about 1.4 say its a huge stride forward, it looks like its heading in a very good direction. I don't know if I could ever leave XFCE (its just so damn lightweight!), but I might throw Cinnamon on a laptop once it adds some more 3D effects. One thing I learned from Compiz was that the cooler-looking the desktop the more likely you will attract converts from Windows, or even Mac. Perhaps LMDE with Cinnamon can become my next "recruitment distro".papakaz wrote:Well for that matter, Arch Linux with XFCE is a pretty good deal. I'm using that off another partition (Arch also has "Cinnamon" in its user generated repositories, but I don't want to install all the GNOME dependencies).
I've been wating for LMDE to sort itself out for several months now... I'd like to see it be a good distro for Grandma -- install and let it continue-not-breaking. That's the only reason I'm sticking with it...