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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!news.nobody.at!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: RonB Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: Do =?UTF-8?Q?Microsoft=E2=80=99s?= Copilot+ PCs Require Linux? Date: Thu, 30 May 2024 11:56:59 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 39 Message-ID: References: <664e55ed$0$8491$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <66524006$0$1258327$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <6652ae90$0$7183$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <66534360$0$6557$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <665489c7$0$7182$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <6655dd49$0$7068$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <6Ip5O.49637$In22.7454@fx11.iad> <66568211$2$8094$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <%IE5O.17512$8CY1.5508@fx37.iad> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Thu, 30 May 2024 13:56:59 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="8f691b7047aea81a5beb8faee29aae0f"; logging-data="1761127"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18+q2duQk3W2m31AMmr80GX" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:pMZy/IWyPye3lj40dzSkhN0pkqQ= Bytes: 3713 On 2024-05-29, Andrzej Matuch wrote: > On 2024-05-29 11:26 a.m., RonB wrote: >> On 2024-05-29, Andrzej Matuch wrote: >>> On 2024-05-28 9:17 p.m., DFS wrote: >>>> On 5/28/2024 2:50 PM, Andrzej Matuch wrote: >>>>> On 2024-05-28 9:34 a.m., DFS wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> If you bought a machine which was designed to run Linux, >>>> >>>> I didn't know there was such a thing. >>>> >>>> Does that mean Windows won't run on them? >>> >>> I'm referring to machines which have things such as Libreboot and where >>> the manufacturer ensures that every functionality, such as waking from >>> sleep and touchscreen recognition, works as intended. Windows would work >>> fine, but it might end up functioning worse on that machine than Linux >>> would, much like how Linux doesn't work great on machines designed for >>> Windows. >> >> Just buy Dell Latitude laptops and use Linux Mint. Waking from sleep and >> touchscreen recognition is automatic with this combination. > > I might actually consider that when it is time to switch this machine > for another. For now, it works right. If and when Windows becomes too > unbearable, I'll put Linux on it and try using it for a few years > longer. I'm in no hurry to switch machines, even for gaming purposes > because there is a ton of old stuff I haven't yet played available for > cheap on GOG. Those old games work great with my GPU and will continue > to work great in 2035. As you know, I like to use "trailing edge" hardware. Of course I don't play games, or I might feel differently. -- [Self-centered, Woke] "pride is a life of self-destructive fakery, an entrapment to a false and self-created matrix of twisted unreality." "It was pride that changed angels into devils..." — St. Augustine