I've... not heard that about debian. I've always used fat32 for any Linux distro I've put on a thumb drive. You can download the ISO for the latest Ubuntu Desktop and use unetbootin to install it on a thumbdrive - that should give you the live distro. On Fri, 21 Feb 2014, paul g wrote: > You know I dabbled a bit with OpenSUSE. I just don't have the experience > with windows managers. I even set-up a sli-taz machine. I really need > nothing off the computer but I like the fact that the 10.04 is so well > documented , yes I know it's old I guess it gives me a noober a sense of > comfort somehow that I do just not get with the latest releases. The 'dd' > command works fine for me. I even recently learned that in order to install > Debian Wheezy 7.0 or whatnot I needed to partition the thumb drive for > MS-Dos 16 not Fat32 to copy the image. Any reccomendations for a noob like > me as far as a newer operating system on my laptop would be wonderful. Thank > you for your time I wish I knew more. > > Thank You. > > > Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2014 20:38:26 -0600 > > From: tclug at freakzilla.com > > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Will Firefox 20.0 become obselete for basic use? > > > > I don't know that they'd remove a printer driver... > > > > I've been using Ubuntu for many years, but I've never used Gnome, Unity or > > KDE (I use Window Maker, as I have since 1996!). I'm lead to believe you > > can get the "Classic" Gnome on the newer Ubuntus. It was announced very > > recently that they're turning back from that stupid integrated menubar > > thing, too. > > > > If you have the resources to make a bit-by-bit copy of your harddrive, you > > can always try upgrading and then downgrade back if you don't like it. I'd > > say try a live install on a USB thumbdrive, but that will for SURE be > > slow. > > > > On Fri, 21 Feb 2014, paul g wrote: > > > > > Yes, and thank you for asking. I am running this older version of Ubuntu > on > > > a Centrino Duo Laptop. I guess because I was so unimpressed with the > 12.04 > > > performance on my old p4 tower. Also I have an older Lexmark x5070 > printer > > > that has a driver for the 10.04 Ubuntu. I don't like Gnome 3 maybe i'm > just > > > slow and I am not really used to KDE. Any suggestions would be > wonderful. > > > > > > Thank You. > > > > > > > Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2014 20:24:28 -0600 > > > > From: tclug at freakzilla.com > > > > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > > > Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Will Firefox 20.0 become obselete for basic > use? > > > > > > > > Might be some small things that won't work, but in general you should > be > > > > fine. > > > > > > > > Of course, as time goes on, those small things will get bigger and > bigger. > > > > Still, basic HTML with basic javascript should be fine for a long > time. It > > > > all depends on what kind of content you want. > > > > > > > > May I ask why you're running such an old version of Ubuntu? > > > > > > > > On Fri, 21 Feb 2014, paul g wrote: > > > > > > > > > For a basic home/office computer user running an older FireFox > version > > > say > > > > > '20.0' under Ubuntu 10.04 etc '2.6.-- kernel' will new web pages and > > > webpage > > > > > design soon require the need for a later version of FireFox or Opera > to > > > > > 'surf' the web? Just a curious question I am a noob. > > > > > > > > > > Thank You. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > > > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > >