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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Chris Ahlstrom Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: This FOSS Thang :-) Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2024 09:04:10 -0400 Organization: None Lines: 54 Message-ID: References: <17bc1de93bb4055f$981$3331982$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <65f600a1$0$8233$426a74cc@news.free.fr> <2gqrvipoegof3gslf8p8lmnkveleoqpf3r@4ax.com> Reply-To: OFeem1987@teleworm.us Injection-Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2024 13:04:10 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="aee499f110845a23424a36b92b1eaf78"; logging-data="399354"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18LpFG2Tz4VBruKUOqVrHxl" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:S8Pweq2I8CHsHK4GayXG7vQzL28= X-User-Agent: Microsoft Outl00k, Usenet K00k Editions X-Slrn: Why use anything else? X-Mutt: The most widely-used MUA Bytes: 3959 -hh wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties: > On 3/23/24 8:29 AM, Chris Ahlstrom wrote: >> rbowman wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties: >> >>> On Fri, 22 Mar 2024 15:43:01 -0500, chrisv wrote: >>> >>>> Once installed, Linux takes much less time to "get ready" than Windows >>>> does, in my experience. Only a ridiculous person would complain about >>>> the small amount of time needed to install and configure a new >>>> installation. >>> >>> I think the 'get ready' time is equivalent. I've got my catalog of stuff I >>> install most of which are cross platform. >>> >>> Full disclosure: I've never installed Windows since I upgraded a 3.1 >>> laptop to 3.11 Workgroup. At work IT drops off the new Windows box or I >>> buy something with Windows pre-installed. My builds have all went straight >>> to Linux. > Same here: for Windows, everything was turnkey by IT, including the > installation of all relevant Apps. All I had to do was to log in and > walk through a couple of settings in MS-Outlook to link into the host > computer. OTOH, if it wasn't a Windows box, it was 100% DIY, but also > came with instructions of various command line modifications that IT > security required...a royal PITA. > >>> When IT drops off a bare metal box they leave rapidly. Linux is strictly >>> 'don't ask, don't tell' for them. >> >> Every laptop the government handed me for project usage immediately got Linux >> on it. The main downside was that we had to set up the CAC and handle security >> updates ourselves. Me, the Russian guy, and a couple other dudes. > > I recall using PKard, a third party CAC reader, during a time when MacOS > didn't natively support stuff. It was learn-as-you-go, since it was up > to local IT groups to decide if they were going to support anything > non-Windows. Fortunately, MacOS now natively supports CAC readers > again, so there's one fewer hoop to have to jump through. One of the gummint guys on-site used a Mac. By the way, it's not the CAC itself, but loading all the certs without the aid of Windows crapware that was an issue. https://militarycac.com/linux.htm The drivers themselves were installable via the package manager. I used Debian for a long time until I got an email saying I had to use a RedHat product. But CentOS fit the bill. -- Q: What's hard going in and soft and sticky coming out? A: Chewing gum.