Hi! Mike,

On 17 Aug 19 19:41, you wrote to ALL:

 MP> A few weeks back I tried upgrading an old Pentium-3 800 machine that I
 MP> use as a server from debian 9 to 10 "Buster."  I had to
downgrade it
 MP> back due to issues with it grinding the system to a halt, and that is
 MP> without even installing an x-server.  :)

How much RAM does the old Pet have, Mike?

I've been enjoying a Lubuntu/32 VirtalBox VM for the last month or more. 
At least one reviewer remarked that it would probably be fine in 512Mb.  My
VM is allowed a 1Gb but rarely exceeds 300Mb in a Htop reporter.  It's
running my main Fidonet node: 2x binkD tasks, FMail/lnx beta tosser, SAMBA
etc.  With a real GUI if you want it.  :)

Cheers,
Paul.

... Today is merely the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.
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