A short update to conclude this thread....
Gnome is ok in fact. I just tried LXQT and it runs better but only marginally.
Well, I guess Gnome just puts your system near to halt, and therefore you get odd error codes.
I read that Debian 13 will continue to support 32 bit architecture. So maybe that will add another 5 years to the life of my laptop?
And good to know also, Debian 12 is the last to support i386, so you would soon need to upgrade your system.
Statistics: Posted by silverrope — 2024-12-01 19:26