Mind You Debian 9.8.0 is out NOW but I am still happy with 8.2.
Debian 8.2
Debian 8.2
The Hard Drive of my old computer is about to pack up.
I
just managed to finish my latest book and nothing else to do and happy
that I finished my work before the impending catastrophe, decided to
copy some of the work and Linux distributions to an old USB hard
drive.
I
booted it but could not remember the ROOT password.
I
could remember the user password but it won't let me copy.
Then,
I booted another USB hard drive which run a Live Session and
transferred all the images.
I
was not happy to transfer my work and went for a Debian Solution.
I
booted up the Debian 8.2 Install DVD (I of 3 DVDs) and Installed the
latest Debian.
It
took one hour, simply because I installed all Desktops from Gnome,
KDE, XFCE, MATE, Cinnamon and LXDE.
That
is the high point.
I
have six desktops Now, not one.
Secondly,
I installed the GRUB in the USB hard drive.
So
if my hard drive packs up, I can still try running other
distributions I have in my old computer.
So
if the GRUB in my SATA fails, NOW I can run with the GRUB from the
USB.
I
was lucky Debian could not configure my Network at installation since
that would have taken another two hours with a SLOW Sri-Lankan
Internet connection.
Now
I am posting this from Debian and at run time Debian configured my network
automatically.
