Desktop M73 info, BerkeleyLUG Jit.si meetup...

[ace36]

To participant "Ke<something?>" and others,

Successfully configured amd64 Debian bookworm with just the MATE and Lxqt desktop environments on the TC M73.

But no, didn't take up (your own?) suggestions to also consider installing Debian's renditions of KDE Plasma, GNOME or Cinnamon DE's, sorry :-\  Might possibly consider though installing other lighterweight non-tiling window managers on it at some future time, e.g., fluxbox or openbox.

Cleaned up the unnecessary "baggage" during the post-install steps and optimizations, and the desktop works plenty fast, so thanks for the other suggestions! :-)

-A

...to install and configure elsewhere an appropriate Linux distro on a recently-acquired Tiny Form Factor Lenovo ThinkCentre M73 PC device -- further device specs at https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/pd029621-detailed-specifications-for-thinkcentre-m73-tiny-form-factor

* 128 GB 2.5" SSD
* 8 GiB RAM (2 x 204-pin 4 GiB SODIMMs)
* display provided by an available (but _not_ easily-portable!) LCD monitor for connection to VGA DB-15 port
* yes fully-functional Gigabit ethernet port; no Intel Centrino Wireless-N 11b/g/n wireless adapter

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