# Need help installing Debian on my old Dell laptop

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-installing-debian-on-my-old-dell-laptop/649053>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 1, 2013, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-installing-debian-on-my-old-dell-laptop/649053 "2013-02-01T18:13:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2013, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-installing-debian-on-my-old-dell-laptop/649053/21 "2013-02-09T09:45:10Z")

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> [@zwede](#):
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> One of the reasons I like KDE. To me it is the most “complete” desktop. Just about everything is part of a whole and follows consistent look & feel rules.

You’re probably right - I’m not sure why many of the other desktop solutions never pulled themselves together in that way.

I know it’s silly, but the thing that put me off using KDE is the naming konvention for programs targeted to run under it. I hate it far more than I should.

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**Author:** ![fubbleskag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fubbleskag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fubbleskag)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2013, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-installing-debian-on-my-old-dell-laptop/649053/22 "2013-02-09T14:22:14Z")

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Timely thread. I have been an Ubuntu user for years ( on my laptop which I use sparingly ) and just last week made the jump from Unity to Xfce. I wish I had done so sooner.

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**Author:** ![Myglaren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@Myglaren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myglaren)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2013, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-installing-debian-on-my-old-dell-laptop/649053/23 "2013-02-09T17:14:03Z")

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> [@Mangetout](#):
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> The real thing, or a collection of lookalikes?

To the best of my knowledge, the [real thing](http://www.noobslab.com/2012/11/install-mac-os-x-theme-on-ubuntu-1210.html).

I’m quite content with Unity so haven’t tried it.

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2013, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-installing-debian-on-my-old-dell-laptop/649053/24 "2013-02-09T20:06:36Z")

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> [@Myglaren](#):
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> To the best of my knowledge, the [real thing](http://www.noobslab.com/2012/11/install-mac-os-x-theme-on-ubuntu-1210.html).

Ah, that’s a lookalike - I tried something like this on a different distribution of Linux.

I thought you might be talking about something like hackintosh, but just the presentation layer.

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> I’m quite content with Unity so haven’t tried it.

I tried it when I upgraded from Ubuntu 10.04 to 12.10, but I don’t like it. It seems really cut-down.

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