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YT7MPB > SYSOP 05.09.20 19:46l 29 Lines 971 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
BID : 17252_YT7MPB
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Subj: Re: Keep old BBS hardware?
Path: IW8PGT<IZ3LSV<IQ2LB<IW2OHX<IR1UAW<I0OJJ<N6RME<YT7MPB
Sent: 200905/1743Z 17252@YT7MPB.#NS.SRB.EU LinBPQ6.0.20
On 9/5/20 10:44, IW2OHX wrote:
> wow! The Celeron CPU is very old!
> My suggestion is: don't remove the GUI uninstalling the packages,
> because you could run in a problem with dependencies. Just inhibit
> it from starting at Operating System boot. I guess you could remove
> some symbolic links from the runlevel etc/init.d/rc*.d.
>
I already removed it. Still works, it seems :-) I want to see what made
it too slow after the last update.
> Don't upgrade to newer OS version. The hardware is very old, just keep
> security updates if the Linux box is exposed to the Internet.
>
Ok. I plan to stay at Debian 8, and see what will happen ...
> At IQ2LB (the Radio Club), I am running a very old Ubuntu 12.04 on a
> legacy hardware. I am worried of updating it because I don't know how
> could happen with hardware support.
There should be hardware suggestion somewhere for that OS upgrade. Did
you google for that?
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73 de Misko YT7MPB@YT7MPB.#NS.SRB.EU
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