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Consider using [[DebianOldStable|OldStable]] instead of [[DebianStable|Stable]]. Add [[http://backports.debian.org/Instructions/|Backports]] to your repos to get more software.
[[https://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2907|Debian 6.0 (squeeze) will get a special Long-Term-Support (LTS) for i386 and amd64]] until February 2016. Some packages won't be supported. Follow the link before to get the details.
Consider using [[LTS]] or [[DebianOldStable|OldStable]] instead of [[DebianStable|Stable]].
Some packages won't be supported in LTS.
Add [[http://backports.debian.org/Instructions/|Backports]] to your repos to get more software. Links: [[LTS]] and [[CategoryLts]].
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Use DebianPkg:youtube-dl -f fmt (e.g. 36) to download videos from Youtube and play it with DebianPkg:mplayer or DebianPkg:vlc. The [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youtube#Quality_and_codecs|english Wikipedia article]] has a list of supported formats. Use DebianPkg:youtube-dl -f fmt (e.g. 36) to download videos from Youtube and other websites and play it with DebianPkg:mplayer or DebianPkg:vlc. The old version of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=YouTube&oldid=723160791#Quality_and_formats|english Wikipedia article about YT]] has a list of YT formats (itags). DebianPkg:youtube-dl is in the [[http://backports.debian.org/Instructions/|Backports]]. Another way to use youtube-dl is to [[https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/download.html|download]] it to ~/bin and use youtube-dl -U to update it. You can download the manpage to ~/man/man1/ and add "0 3 * * * ~/bin/youtube-dl -U >/dev/null" to your crontab.
If you get "WARNING: Your copy of avconv is outdated, update avconv to version 10-0 or newer if you encounter any errors." use the libav-tools from backports (as of writing: 6:10.1-1~bpo70+1). That version lacks ffplay which is used by winff to play files.
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DebianPkg:xbmc or DebianPkg:xbmc-standalone (xbmc with X but without a window manager) with radio, youtube or Mediathek plugin may or may not be useful for old computers (xbmc requires 24bit colors).  DebianPkg:xbmc or DebianPkg:xbmc-standalone (xbmc with X but without a window manager) with radio, youtube or Mediathek plugin may or may not be useful for old computers (xbmc requires 24bit colors).
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DebianPkg:claws-mail (former Sylpheed) is a small mail programm with the look'n'feel of thunderbird/DebianPkg:icedove. It features pop3, imap, smtp, spam-filter, encryption and plugins. DebianPkg:clawsker is an extra utility for configuration. === In the Debian repositories ===
 * DebianPkg:claws-mail (former DebianPkg:sylpheed) is a small mail programm with the look'n'feel of thunderbird/DebianPkg:icedove. It features pop3, imap, smtp, spam-filter, encryption and plugins. DebianPkg:clawsker is an extra utility for configuration.
 * DebianPkg:dradio is a terminal based frontend for mplayer. It plays the preconfigured danish radio and TV channels. You can configure your own channels in ~/.config/dradio/menu.xml . The config file format is described in [[DebianMan:5/dradio|dradio(5)]].
 * DebianPkg:pinta is a small, but powerful paint. It doesn't print pictures.
 * DebianPkg:ripit rips audio cds with the help of lame or other encoders and uses the cddb for naming. Usage example: nice -n19 ionice -c3 ripit -o /home/myuser/music -v new -S standard --eject --nointeraction --loop 1 --ripopt "-z 3"
 * DebianPkg:streamripper rips audio streams into files.

DebianPkg:dvtm DebianPkg:dwm DebianPkg:epdfview DebianPkg:gscan2pdf DebianPkg:iceweasel with plugins DebianPkg:irssi DebianPkg:lftp DebianPkg:mosh (ssh for slow or unstable connections) DebianPkg:pydf DebianPkg:qalc DebianPkg:rtorrent DebianPkg:screen DebianPkg:scrot DebianPkg:w3m (with DebianPkg:w3m-img )

=== Software that is not in the debian repos ===
 * [[http://www.jave.de/download/download.html|jave]] is a program to draw ascii-art
 * [[JensKorte/slsc]], a spreadsheet calculator like DebianPkg:sc
 * [[JensKorte/scrap]], a rogue-like game
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If you can watch small videos only, recode videos with: nice -19 ionice -c3 mencoder -oac lavc -ovc lavc -lavcopts acodec=mp2:vcodec=mpeg2video:abitrate=128:autoaspect -of mpeg -vf scale=360:-2 -o small.mpeg big-source.avi If you can watch small videos only, recode videos with: nice -n19 ionice -c3 mencoder -oac lavc -ovc lavc -lavcopts acodec=mp2:vcodec=mpeg2video:abitrate=128:autoaspect -of mpeg -vf scale=360:-2 -o small.mpeg big-source.avi
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A draft for reporting bugs by mail can be found at [[JensKorte/reportbug-by-mail]]

== Links ==
 * https://inconsolation.wordpress.com
 * http://noone.org/talks/vintage/

Debian on old or slow computer

Consider using LTS or OldStable instead of Stable. Some packages won't be supported in LTS. Add Backports to your repos to get more software. Links: LTS and CategoryLts.

Replace websites with special software

Use youtube-dl -f fmt (e.g. 36) to download videos from Youtube and other websites and play it with mplayer or vlc. The old version of the english Wikipedia article about YT has a list of YT formats (itags). youtube-dl is in the Backports. Another way to use youtube-dl is to download it to ~/bin and use youtube-dl -U to update it. You can download the manpage to ~/man/man1/ and add "0 3 * * * ~/bin/youtube-dl -U >/dev/null" to your crontab. If you get "WARNING: Your copy of avconv is outdated, update avconv to version 10-0 or newer if you encounter any errors." use the libav-tools from backports (as of writing: 6:10.1-1~bpo70+1). That version lacks ffplay which is used by winff to play files.

If your computer is too slow for iceweasel showing OpenStreetMap, try foxtrotgps.

xbmc or xbmc-standalone (xbmc with X but without a window manager) with radio, youtube or Mediathek plugin may or may not be useful for old computers (xbmc requires 24bit colors).

Software

In the Debian repositories

  • claws-mail (former sylpheed) is a small mail programm with the look'n'feel of thunderbird/icedove. It features pop3, imap, smtp, spam-filter, encryption and plugins. clawsker is an extra utility for configuration.

  • dradio is a terminal based frontend for mplayer. It plays the preconfigured danish radio and TV channels. You can configure your own channels in ~/.config/dradio/menu.xml . The config file format is described in dradio(5).

  • pinta is a small, but powerful paint. It doesn't print pictures.

  • ripit rips audio cds with the help of lame or other encoders and uses the cddb for naming. Usage example: nice -n19 ionice -c3 ripit -o /home/myuser/music -v new -S standard --eject --nointeraction --loop 1 --ripopt "-z 3"

  • streamripper rips audio streams into files.

dvtm dwm epdfview gscan2pdf iceweasel with plugins irssi lftp mosh (ssh for slow or unstable connections) pydf qalc rtorrent screen scrot w3m (with w3m-img )

Software that is not in the debian repos

Other

If you can watch small videos only, recode videos with: nice -n19 ionice -c3 mencoder -oac lavc -ovc lavc -lavcopts acodec=mp2:vcodec=mpeg2video:abitrate=128:autoaspect -of mpeg -vf scale=360:-2 -o small.mpeg big-source.avi

Make use of ionice (package util-linux). The CFQ has to be the active io scheduler in kernel. Example: nice -n19 ionice -c3 aptitude update

A draft for reporting bugs by mail can be found at ?JensKorte/reportbug-by-mail


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