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YT7MPB > SYSOP 31.08.20 21:22l 37 Lines 1266 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
BID : 16968_YT7MPB
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Subj: Keep old BBS hardware?
Path: IW8PGT<IZ3LSV<I0OJJ<GB7CIP<YT7MPB
Sent: 200831/1917Z 16968@YT7MPB.#NS.SRB.EU LinBPQ6.0.20
Hello SysOps,
I have an old computer running an old version of LinFBB and a packet
node under it (probably some old FPAC version) that I was using for many
years to test in the home LAN. The hardware is:
CPU Celeron (Mendocino) 400 MHz
RAM 217.2 MiB (reported by Linux), shall be 224 MB
HDD 6.3 GiB (reported by Linux), dual-boot with WinXP
OS Debian 8.11 Jessie
Kernel Linux 3.2.0-4-486
GUI Mate 1.8.1
The first installation was Debian 6.0.1a (Squeeze) and it gradually
upgraded to Jessie. Until recently it worked pretty well. Few days ago I
attached it to the broadband in my office to update things and it
downloaded some 270 MB of packages, incl. Firefox, Thunderbird, etc.
But after updating, it is now terribly slow. Anyway, I think to keep it
in the ham club as a local VHF node/bbs combo, but wonder how to do it
without much headache. At first, I wonder if removing complete GUI
environment (Mate, etc.) would make it a little bit faster, so to leave
it at CLI only.
What your experience says? I suppose that upgrading to Debian 9 will
fail because of the old hardware that is no more supported. However I
would like to avoid complete re-installation.
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73 de Misko YT7MPB@YT7MPB.#NS.SRB.EU
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73 de Misko YT7MPB@YT7MPB.#NS.SRB.EU
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