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<blockquote data-quote="pcalvert" data-source="post: 1044058" data-attributes="member: 76413">I would install a Debian-based distribution, preferably Debian itself. Although there are a lot of nice Debian-based distros, the problem is that many of them aren&#039;t &quot;pure&quot; -- they backport a lot of newer software. Sometimes that&#039;s necessary to fix a serious bug, and I&#039;m okay with that. However, when a small distro backports a lot of the software themselves, you are then relying on a small (sometimes very small) team of developers to keep those packages updated. And more than once, I have come across backported packages that were out of date for a considerable period of time. Obviously, this doesn&#039;t bother a lot of people, but since I am security conscious, it is a problem that I am concerned about.As for the desktop environment (DE), choose whatever appeals to you and performs well. I prefer Xfce since I like how it is laid out and it has reasonably good performance.Tip:&nbsp; After installing Debian, make sure that the package <a href="https://packages.debian.org/stable/intel-microcode" target="_blank">intel-microcode</a> is installed (or <a href="https://packages.debian.org/stable/amd64-microcode" target="_blank">amd64-microcode</a> if you have an AMD CPU). If it&#039;s installed, or you continue to have problems after installing that package, post a message in the <a href="https://forums.debian.net/" target="_blank">forum</a> so someone can help you diagnose and fix the problem.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pcalvert, post: 1044058, member: 76413"] I would install a Debian-based distribution, preferably Debian itself. Although there are a lot of nice Debian-based distros, the problem is that many of them aren't "pure" -- they backport a lot of newer software. Sometimes that's necessary to fix a serious bug, and I'm okay with that. However, when a small distro backports a lot of the software themselves, you are then relying on a small (sometimes [I]very[/I] small) team of developers to keep those packages updated. And more than once, I have come across backported packages that were out of date for a considerable period of time. Obviously, this doesn't bother a lot of people, but since I am security conscious, it is a problem that I am concerned about. As for the desktop environment (DE), choose whatever appeals to you and performs well. I prefer Xfce since I like how it is laid out and it has reasonably good performance. [B]Tip:[/B] After installing Debian, make sure that the package [URL='https://packages.debian.org/stable/intel-microcode']intel-microcode[/URL] is installed (or [URL='https://packages.debian.org/stable/amd64-microcode']amd64-microcode[/URL] if you have an AMD CPU). If it's installed, or you continue to have problems after installing that package, post a message in the [URL='https://forums.debian.net/']forum[/URL] so someone can help you diagnose and fix the problem. [/QUOTE]

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