I'd love to install a minimalist Wheezy+Xfce desktop on my very old, non-PAE (~2005/Centrino), laptop basically following the guide at http://auriza.site40.net/notes/debian/x ... tallation/. However, I have two questions before I get started:
1. Will the standard 32-bit i386 net install iso at http://www.debian.org/distrib/ have issues with my non-PAE processor? I think I might need the i486 kernel; is this either included as an option on the disk, or is there a different way to ensure compatibility with my non-PAE CPU to allow for smooth installation?
2. I posted about this on the Xfce forums, but I'll solicit any advice here too: the guide linked above is for Lenny and was posted in 2010. Are there any updates to the packages he listed there (e.g. LibreOffice vs OpenOffice)? I'm most concerned about the Xfce-related packages he mentions in #5 and #6; is there anything there I should update? (I think I read on Wikipedia that 4.8 replaced hal for example.)
&5. Install basic Xfce desktopCode: Select all
# apt-get install --no-install-recommends \ xorg xfce4 slim alsa-base alsa-utils \ hal gamin dbus-x11 sudo xdg-utils
Thanks in advance for your advice!6. Install Xfce additional applicationCode: Select all
# apt-get install --no-install-recommends \ desktop-base gnome-icon-theme dmz-cursor-theme \ xfce4-terminal xfce4-taskmanager xfce4-screenshooter-plugin \ thunar-archive-plugin thunar-media-tags-plugin