Is Debian still good for GUI stuff in an over 12 yrs. old PC?

From	ant@zimage.comANT (Ant)
Subject	Is Debian still good for GUI stuff in an over 12 yrs. old PC?
Newsgroups	alt.linux, alt.os.linux, alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions
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Date	2021-08-30 18:21 -0500

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I'll be mainly doing basic stuff like web browsing, e-mails, newsgroups, 
downloads, listening to audio, watching videos, simple SSH2 server, etc. 
I currently run updated Debian Jessie v8's KDE which is fine but it 
doesn't get updates for years so it's time to move on for a clean/new 
Linux installation. Will getting Bullseye v11 be OK?

Setup details:

Intel Core 2 Q8200 (quad-core; default clock speeds; Socket 775 LGA; 
Yorkfield) with a Scythe Andy Master 120mm CPU cooler (SCASM-1000), 
Antec Sonata Proto mid tower ATX case, MSI P43 NEO3-F (MSI-7514) 
motherboard (latest BIOS), two 1 GB of Crucial RAM (Samsung DDR2 800 
(PC2-6400; 400 MHz), EVGA NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT PCIE video card (512 MB 
of VRAM), onboard RealTek RTL8168C(P)/8111C(P) PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet 
and Intel High Digital Audio (HDA), 600 watts Sea Sonic S12 PSU, ASUS TV 
Tuner Card 880 NTSC (cx23880), Pioneer CD/DVD Burner Black SATA Model 
DVR-218LBK LabelFlash Support, 3.5" floppy disk drive, Corsair Force 
Series F115 Solid-State Disk (SSD) (115 GB; CSSD-F115GB2-BRKT-A), two 
internal 3.5" SATA hard disk drives (HDDs) [Seagate ST3320620AS 320 GB 
and Western Digital Purple Surveillance 2 TB (6 Gbs; 50 MB cache; WDC 
WD20PURX-64P6ZY0)], Sabrent USB2+memory card reader front panel, and an 
Intel InBusiness 10/100 (82559) NIC (not connected). Running 64-bit 
Debian (Linux; oldoldstable v8/Jessie; kernel v3.16... x86_64) and 
updated 64-bit Windows 7 HPE SP1 (installed on 10/22/2016).

Connected to an old (Y2K) Belkin Omni Cube (2-port; PS/2 and VGA) KVM to 
share a 23.6" 16:9 1920x1080 pixels ASUS VS247H-P monitor (LED; 2 ms, 
9/2014, etc.), a Dell 104-key PS/2 keyboard, and a three-buttons PS/2 
optical Logitech mouse.

Thank you for reading and hopefully answering soon. :)
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Is Debian still good for GUI stuff in an over 12 yrs. old PC? ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2021-08-30 18:21 -0500
  Re: Is Debian still good for GUI stuff in an over 12 yrs. old PC? Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2021-08-30 16:35 -0700
    Re: Is Debian still good for GUI stuff in an over 12 yrs. old PC? Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2021-09-01 15:09 -0700
      Re: Is Debian still good for GUI stuff in an over 12 yrs. old PC? ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2021-09-01 18:37 -0500
      OT Re: Is Debian still good for GUI stuff in an over 12 yrs. old PC? jrg <jeff.g.group@att.net> - 2021-09-02 10:11 -0700
      Re: Is Debian still good for GUI stuff in an over 12 yrs. old PC? Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2021-09-02 10:50 -0700
        Re: Is Debian still good for GUI stuff in an over 12 yrs. old PC? Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2021-09-02 11:48 -0700
        Re: Is Debian still good for GUI stuff in an over 12 yrs. old PC? Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2021-09-02 12:04 -0700
          Re: Is Debian still good for GUI stuff in an over 12 yrs. old PC? Steve Carroll - fretwizzer <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2021-09-02 23:41 -0700
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        Re: Is Debian still good for GUI stuff in an over 12 yrs. old PC? Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2021-09-02 18:10 -0700
  Re: Is Debian still good for GUI stuff in an over 12 yrs. old PC? Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2021-08-30 20:45 -0700
    Re: Is Debian still good for GUI stuff in an over 12 yrs. old PC? Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2021-09-01 09:18 -0700
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      Re: Is Debian still good for GUI stuff in an over 12 yrs. old PC? Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2021-09-03 12:19 -0700
        Re: Is Debian still good for GUI stuff in an over 12 yrs. old PC? Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be> - 2021-09-03 22:27 +0200
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