Hi. I don't really care about the security. I just want play around, as I said. My first Project now is to dissable gnome at startup. Do you Think I will manage it? I've read about, and it doesn't seem to be hard at all. /Kristoffer 2015-08-16 21:36 GMT+02:00, Tim Chase <blinux.list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > On August 16, 2015, Kristoffer Gustafsson wrote: >> How good is it to move back to an older version of Linux for a >> Little bit? I'm thinking of installing lenny. > > Because it no longer gets security updates, I wouldn't recommend > older than Debian Stable (currently that's Jessie, but whatever the > current flavor of that happens to be at the time you install) unless > you plan for the machine to be off-line only, which would severely > limit its usefulness. You might be able to get by with one version > before Stable, which would be Wheezy. > > You can get "older" releases by using RHEL or CentOS which > usually tracks an even older and more stable system by really only > giving security updates. But that said, I've found that it is more > trouble than it's worth. > > Also, running older systems makes it harder to get modern > packages/updates. > >> I'm planning to learn a Little basics. programming, compiling new >> kernels and such things. > > Welcome to the club. It's a lot of fun! > > -tim > > > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > -- Kristoffer Gustafsson Salängsgatan 7a tel:033-12 60 93 mobil: 0730-500934 _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list