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[[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. | [[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 above to get the details. |
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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). |
Debian on old or slow computer
Consider using OldStable instead of Stable. Add Backports to your repos to get more software. 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 above to get the details.
Replace websites with special software
Use youtube-dl -f fmt (e.g. 36) to download videos from Youtube and play it with mplayer or vlc. The english Wikipedia article has a list of supported formats.
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
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.
Other
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
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