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    • Danp
      Danp last edited by

      I have some older Dell desktops that I am looking to give away to some employees. I plan to wipe the drives and then install a version of Linux with a GUI desktop so that they browse the internet, etc.

      Looking for suggestions on which OS to use. Also, should I anticipate running into any driver issues?

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      • scottalanmiller
        scottalanmiller last edited by

        Linux Mint 17.1 Cinnamon!

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        • gjacobse
          gjacobse last edited by

          I am downloading LM 17.1 now. It's a good OS and 'easy' enough to use.

          Thus far, I've not had driver issues with previous versions.

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          • MattSpeller
            MattSpeller @scottalanmiller last edited by

            @scottalanmiller said:

            Linux Mint 17.1 Cinnamon!

            2nd that, it barely even frightened my parents

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            • Danp
              Danp last edited by

              Thanks for the feedback. I'll give it a shot and report back if I have any issue.

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              • coliver
                coliver @MattSpeller last edited by

                @MattSpeller said:

                @scottalanmiller said:

                Linux Mint 17.1 Cinnamon!

                2nd that, it barely even frightened my parents

                Third, I have it on an old laptop and my technology challenged fiance loves it.

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                • IRJ
                  IRJ last edited by IRJ

                  I'm sure you already know this, but make sure to do DoD wipe

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                  • Danp
                    Danp last edited by

                    Agree. Too bad the Mint install doesn't offer this as an option.

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                    • ?
                      A Former User last edited by

                      Zorin would be a good option too. Or reinstall the OEM license.

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                      • ?
                        A Former User @Danp last edited by

                        @Danp said:

                        Agree. Too bad the Mint install doesn't offer this as an option.

                        You'd do it with Dban.

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                        • coliver
                          coliver @Guest last edited by

                          @thecreativeone91 said:

                          Zorin would be a good option too. Or reinstall the OEM license.

                          Zorin works really well on ancient hardware. Things that Mint has issues on Zorin does well.

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                          • MattSpeller
                            MattSpeller @Guest last edited by

                            @thecreativeone91 If it's not mission critical level drive erase required, just use DD when you boot to the live disk.

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                            • ?
                              A Former User @MattSpeller last edited by

                              @MattSpeller said:

                              @thecreativeone91 If it's not mission critical level drive erase required, just use DD when you boot to the live disk.

                              I'd do it to all drive if they aren't physically destroyed. Never know what an end user may have put on it.

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                              • MattSpeller
                                MattSpeller @Guest last edited by

                                @thecreativeone91 ehhhh yeahhhh I can see that, but random /urandom would take a long time. When I did home user stuff I'd just zero out the drive with DD if it was particularly nastied up with viruses.

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                                • IRJ
                                  IRJ last edited by

                                  I had my boss buy this
                                  http://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-Standalone-inches-Duplicator-Eraser/dp/B00FSVD9PE/ref=sr_1_sc_7?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1433360211&sr=1-7-spell&keywords=star+tech+hard+drive+duplicator&pebp=1433360217339&perid=1F4GXYRQY2HTAD94PC69

                                  It's awesome. This has 4 different level wipes including DoD and one that is even higher than that which I have never used. I also use it for imaging since we only have 3 different PC models. I can image a 500GB HD in less than 6 minutes and 500GB SSD in 1.5 minutes.

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                                  • ?
                                    A Former User last edited by

                                    A PC with some PCIe controllers works great to use Dban on a lot of drives at the same time.

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                                    • nadnerB
                                      nadnerB last edited by

                                      Windows... 98.

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                                      • Danp
                                        Danp @nadnerB last edited by

                                        @nadnerB said:

                                        Windows... 98.

                                        Not quite that old! 😳

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                                        • gjacobse
                                          gjacobse last edited by

                                          Regarding Linux Mint 17.1; I have a ASUS EEEPC that is a few years old,.. seems that 17.1 has some issues with it,.. and the CPU runs harder. There is some performance issues with this version. I might have to roll back a version or so to find one that doesn't have issues.

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                                          • coliver
                                            coliver @gjacobse last edited by

                                            @g.jacobse said:

                                            Regarding Linux Mint 17.1; I have a ASUS EEEPC that is a few years old,.. seems that 17.1 has some issues with it,.. and the CPU runs harder. There is some performance issues with this version. I might have to roll back a version or so to find one that doesn't have issues.

                                            Older computers (or less powerful ones) seem to have better luck running ZorinOS then Linux Mint, at least in my experience.

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